WATER TRANSPORT AND SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

SECOND QUARTER OF 2006¹⁾

This Release reports on data concerning the transport of passengers and goods in the water transport and supporting activities in transport.

The total number of passengers carried in seawater and coastal transport increased in the second quarter of 2006 by 11.7% and the transport of goods by 7.8%, as compared to the same period of 2005. The domestic transport of goods decreased by 15.4%, export increased by 7.2% and the transport in foreign ports by 11.1%, while import decreased by 40.5% and transit by 12.2%.

The transport of goods in inland waterways decreased in the second quarter of 2006 by 5.2%, as compared to the same period of 2005.

In supporting activities, in the second quarter of 2006, as compared to the same period of 2005, there was an increase of 9.2% in the transport of passengers in seaports. In the second quarter of 2006, there was a decrease of 17.8% in the transport of goods, as compared to the same period of 2005.

The traffic of dangerous goods in the seawater transport decreased in the second quarter of 2006 by 36.9%, as compared to the same period of 2005.

In the second quarter of 2006, concerning the transport of goods, there was an increase of 13.0% in the transport in inland waterway ports, as compared to the same period of 2005. The traffic of dangerous goods in inland waterway ports decreased in the second quarter of 2006 by 8.5%, as compared to the same period of 2005.

1)    Provisional data

1.   SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2005.		2006.		Indices
		IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2006.  I. – III. 2006.		IV. – VI. 2006. IV. – VI. 2005.	I. – VI. 2006. I. – VI. 2005.
Passenger ships	No.	42	42	44	44	100,0	104,8		104,8
Ferries	No.	42	42	43	43	97,7	102,4		102,4
Cargo ships	No.	68	68	66	66	95,7	97,1		97,1
Passenger carried	‘000	2 661	3 983	2 973	4 320	220,7	111,7		108,5
Domestic transport	‘000	2 614	3 921	2 918	4 249	219,2	111,6		108,4
International transport	‘000	47	62	55	71	343,8	117,0		114,5
Out of total carried by ferries	‘000	1 801	2 733	2 014	2 924	221,3	111,8		107,0
Passenger-kilometres	Mln	100	152	112	164	215,4	112,0		107,9
Domestic transport	Mln	92	141	102	151	208,2	110,9		107,1
International transport	Mln	8	11	10	13	333,3	125,0		118,2
Goods carried	‘000 t	7 042	13 998	7 589	15 089	101,2	107,8		107,8
Domestic transport	‘000 t	344	628	291	578	101,4	84,6		92,0
Export	‘000 t	97	210	104	197	111,8	107,2		93,8
Import	‘000 t	257	423	153	336	83,6	59,5		79,4
Transit	‘000 t	41	75	36	68	112,5	87,8		90,7
Cross-trade sea transport	‘000 t	6 303	12 662	7 005	13 910	101,4	111,1		109,9
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	28 864	57 871	34 696	68 318	103,2	120,2		118,1
Domestic transport	Mln	66	121	41	102	67,2	62,1		84,3
Export	Mln	43	119	48	100	92,3	111,6		84,0
Import	Mln	505	645	122	481	34,0	24,2		74,6
Transit	Mln	39	72	33	62	113,8	84,6		86,1
Cross-trade sea      transport	Mln	28 211	56 914	34 452	67 573	104,0	122,1		118,7

2.   INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT (ON RIVERS)

	Unit of measure	2005.		2006.		Indices
		IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2006.  I. – III. 2006.	IV. – VI. 2006. IV. – VI. 2005.	I. – VI. 2006. I. – VI. 2005.
Goods carried	‘000 t	96	180	91	188	93,8	94,8	104,4
Domestic transport	‘000 t	47	93	47	95	97,9	100,0	102,2
International transport	‘000 t	49	87	44	93	89,8	89,8	106,9
Tonne-kilometres^1)	Mln	71	123	66	134	97,1	93,0	108,9
Domestic transport	Mln	10	19	10	20	100,0	100,0	105,3
International transport	Mln	61	104	56	114	96,6	91,8	109,6

1)    The distance taken into account is the distance between place of loading and place of unloading

3.   TRAFFIC IN SEAPORTS

	Unit of measure	2005.		2006.		Indices
		IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2006.  I. – III. 2006.	IV. – VI. 2006. IV. – VI. 2005.	I. – VI. 2006. I. – VI. 2005.
Arrival of ships	No.	56 489	88 925	58 038	90 154	180,7	102,7	101,4
Traffic of passengers	‘000	5 694	7 863	6 217	8 409	284,0	109,2	106,9
Domestic traffic	‘000	5 204	7 331	5 684	7 831	264,9	109,2	106,8
Arrivals	‘000	2 598	3 663	2 826	3 900	263,4	108,8	106,5
Departures	‘000	2 606	3 668	2 858	3 931	266,4	109,7	107,2
International traffic	‘000	490	532	533	578	^-1)	108,8	108,6
Arrivals	‘000	248	268	267	289	^-1)	107,7	107,8
Departures	‘000	242	264	266	289	^-1)	109,9	109,5
Goods traffic	‘000 t	7 122	13 180	5 857	12 763	84,8	82,2	96,8
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	1 459	2 475	1 288	2 308	126,3	88,3	93,3
Loading	‘000  t	726	1 227	642	1 146	127,4	88,4	93,4
Unloading	‘000 t	733	1 248	646	1 162	125,2	88,1	93,1
Export	‘000 t	1 385	2 494	1 531	2 942	108,5	110,5	118,0
Import	‘000 t	2 377	4 413	1 363	3 765	56,7	57,3	85,3
Transit	‘000 t	1 901	3 798	1 675	3 748	80,8	88,1	98,7
Loading	‘000 t	642	1 297	506	1 184	74,6	78,8	91,3
Unloading	‘000 t	1 259	2 501	1 169	2 564	83,8	92,9	102,5
Out of total goods traffic, traffic  of dangerous goods	‘000 t	2 855	5 292	1 801	4 581	64,8	63,1	86,6

1)    Index exceeds 999.

4.   TRAFFIC IN INLAND WATERWAY PORTS (ON RIVERS)

‘000 t

	2005.		2006.		Indices
	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2006.  I. – III. 2006.	IV. – VI. 2006. IV. – VI. 2005.	I. – VI. 2006. I. – VI. 2005.
Goods traffic	386	651	436	808	117,2	113,0	124,1
Domestic traffic	94	184	94	187	101,1	100,0	101,6
Loading	47	91	47	92	104,4	100,0	101,1
Unloading	47	93	47	95	97,9	100,0	102,2
Export	39	79	87	138	170,6	223,1	174,7
Import	106	179	80	125	177,8	75,5	69,8
Transit	147	209	175	358	95,6	119,0	171,3
Loading	94	81	147	307	91,9	156,4	239,8
Unloading	53	128	28	51	121,7	52,8	63,0
Out of total goods traffic, traffic  of dangerous goods	94	179	86	172	100,0	91,5	96,1

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

According to the NKD 2002, water transport comprises division 61 that includes Seawater and coastal transport and Inland waterway transport. Data in this Second Release relate also to a part of division 63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities, Traffic in seaports and Traffic in inland waterway ports.

Data on maritime transport are collected through the Quarterly Report on Seawater and Coastal Transport (PP/T-11 form) and through the Report of Arrivals and Departures of Ships into and from Sea Ports (PP/M-31a, b form).

Data on inland waterway transport and data on traffic in inland waterway ports are collected through the Report on Arrivals and Departures of Vessels into and from Ports of Inland Waterways (PR/M-21a, b form).

Coverage

Data on seawater and coastal transport relate to the activities of business entities which are engaged in seawater transport of passengers and goods.

Data on traffic in seaports include arrivals and departures of passengers and loaded and unloaded goods on ships under domestic and foreign flags and relate to the activities of all seaports in the Republic of Croatia. This covers either ships with length of more than 12 m and of gross tonnage more than 15 or those authorised to carry more than 12 passengers.

Data on inland waterway transport include domestic and international transport of goods on vessels under domestic flags.

Data on traffic in inland waterway ports include arrivals and departures of goods on both domestic and foreign vessels. The data are supplied by harbour master’s offices.

In order to achieve international data comparability (according to the Council Directive No. 80/1119/EC), in the field of inland waterway transport and on traffic in inland waterway ports there was a break in time series in 2005 due to a change in the coverage of the survey. Data are not comparable with previous years.

Definition

Sea passenger is any person who makes a voyage on a sea-going vessel. Service staff assigned to seagoing vessels is not regarded as passengers.

Goods are any goods moved on sea and on navigable inland waterway. This includes all packaging and equipment, such as containers, swap-bodies or pallets.

Domestic transport is a transport of passengers and goods between two domestic ports.

International transport is transport of passengers and goods between port of loading in our country and port of unloading abroad and vice versa.

Cross trade transport is international transport performed by domestic operators, and ports of loading and unloading are located in foreign countries.

Export implies transport of goods loaded in domestic ports and unloaded in foreign ports, irrespective of the origin of goods.

Import implies transport of goods, loaded in foreign ports and unloaded in domestic ports, irrespective of the origin of goods.

Transit – loading implies foreign goods that arrived in a domestic port, loaded and shipped by sea to a foreign port.

Transit – unloading implies foreign goods that arrived in a domestic port from a foreign one by sea, then unloaded in domestic port and shipped to a foreign country.

Passenger kilometre is a unit of measure representing transport of one person over a distance of one kilometre.

Tonne kilometre is a unit of measure representing transport of one tonne over a distance of one kilometre. Data on passenger- and tonne- kilometres can be calculated in passenger-miles and tonne-miles by the ratio 1 mile = 1 852 metres.

Abbreviations

mln                million

No.                 number

t                      tonne

'000                thousand

NKD 2002.     National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

Symbols

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