Statistical Terms Glossary

The port taken into account is the port where the passenger disembarked from a seagoing vessel after having been conveyed by it.

The port taken into account is the port where the passenger boarded a seagoing vessel to be conveyed by it.

The port at which a consignment of goods was loaded onto the ship from which it is unloaded at the reporting port.

The port taken into account is the port where the goods were unloaded from a seagoing vessel after having been transported by it.

The port quay allocated usage:
The port quay allocated usage:
- Multi-service quay;
- Dedicated quays:
• Ro-Ro;
• Containers;
• Other general cargo;
• Dry bulk;
• Liquid bulk;
• Passenger;
• Fishing;
• Other.

Quay length in metres available by depth of water for ships moored alongside at low tide.

Total quay length in metres.

Total quay length in metres; Quay length in metres allocated by use: Multi-service quays -Dedicated quays - Ro-Ro - Containers - Other General Cargo - Dry Bulk - Liquid Bulk - Passenger - Fishing - Other.

Repair facilities at ports are allocated as follows:
- Dry docks;
- Floating docks;
- Slipways;
- Dedicated ship repair quays.

The inspection in port, by the State in which the port is situated, of merchant ships to monitor their sea worthiness.

Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is a global threat to sustainable fisheries and to the management and conservation of fisheries resources and marine biodiversity. As a tool to combat IUU fishing, the importance of enhanced port state control has increasingly gained ground throughout the last decennium. The growing reliance on port states to combat non-sustainable fishing practices stems to a great extent from the failure of flag states to effectively control fishing operations carried out by vessels flying their flag. Port State Measures (PSM) are requirements established or interventions undertaken by port states which a foreign fishing vessel must comply with or is subjected to as a condition for use of ports within the port state. National PSM would typically include requirements related to prior notification of port entry, use of designated ports, restrictions on port entry and landing/transhipment of fish, restrictions on supplies and services, documentation requirements and port inspections, as well as related measures, such as IUU vessel listing, trade-related measures and sanctions. Many of these measures have in recent years seen their inclusion and development in international instruments.

Areas allocated to storage by type of facility are:
- Open, not securely enclosed;
- Open and securely enclosed;
- Covered but not enclosed;
- Covered, enclosed.

Presents information from diverse sources in a unified way. Apart from the standard search engine feature, web portals offer other services such as e-mail, news, stock prices, information, databases and entertainment. Portals provide a way for enterprises to provide a consistent look and feel with access control and procedures for multiple applications and databases, which otherwise would have been different entities altogether.

Portfolio investment is the category of international investment that covers investment in equity and debt securities, excluding any such instruments that are classified as direct investment or reserve assets

Person responsible for supervising an investment portfolio.

An estimated monetary value reflecting the current stock of physical maritime port infrastructure assets.

For statistical purposes, the port-to-port distance is the actual distance sailed.

Or affirmative actions: measures aimed at a specific group that are designed to eliminate discrimination and prevent it, or to help resolve disadvantages which derive from traditional positions, behaviour and structures (also wrongly referred to as "positive discrimination").In employment, affirmative action may also be known as employment equity. In this context affirmative action requires that institutions increase hiring and promotion of candidates of mandated groups.

Benefits caused by transactions that affect uninvolved parties who did not choose to incur that benefit.

See: Externalities

An external economy, external benefit or positive externality results when part of the benefit of producing or consuming a good or service accrues to a firm or household other than that which produces or purchases it.

Action aimed at favouring access by members of certain categories of people, in this particular case, women, to rights which they are guaranteed, to the same extent as members of other categories, in this particular case, men.

Educating parents on children’s rights and development to improve parenting practices, with the goal of ending violence, abuse and exploitation of children. Helping parents improve their skills to manage their children's behaviour. Positive parenting is the foundation for curbing violence at home and in the community. It encourages the engagement of fathers and men and considers the various stages of a child’s life cycle.

The property whereby the price index and its constituent vectors of prices and quantities are positive.

Reserves where there is considerable doubt over the technical and or financial viability of extraction.

A method to transfer data or tangible materials to be distributed and delivered to certain locations around the world such as letters, documents, boxes or parcels.