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For any question on data and metadata, please contact: Eurostat user support |
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1.1. Contact organisation | Statistics Belgium |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Territorial Statistics |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Koning Albert II-laan 16, 1000 Brussels |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 19/02/2021 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 19/02/2021 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 19/02/2021 |
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3.1. Data description | |||
Maritime transport data refer to gross weight of goods (in tonnes), passenger movements (in number of passengers) as well as for vessel traffic (in number of vessels and in gross tonnage of vessels). |
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3.2. Classification system | |||
The following classifications are applicable: Maritime Coastal area: the nomenclature is based on the Geonomenclature (the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States, originally drawn up by the Council Regulation (EEC) N°1736/75) in force in the year to which the data refer (RAMON: https://showvoc.op.europa.eu/#/datasets/ESTAT_Geonomenclature_2021_%28GEONOM_2021%29/data). Ports: the codes used are the official UN/LOCODEs, when they exist. If a port does not have an official UN/LOCODE a provisional (numeric) code is attributed to the port. As soon as an official UN/LOCODE is attributed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to the port at the request of the competent national authority, the provisional (numeric) code is replaced by the final official one. In exceptional cases (see for example one-port transport or special aggregation for minor ports) permanent numeric codes are attributed to special locations or activities. The code list of UN/LOCODE is available by country through the following link: http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/location.html. According to the relevant directive, Eurostat draws up a list of ports, coded and classified according to countries and maritime coastal areas. The list of ports is included in implementing legal acts and as such is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (the "official" list). The most recent list of ports published in the Official Journal is found in Commission Decision (EU) 2018/1007 Nationality of registration of vessels: the nomenclature used is the Geo-nomenclature (the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States, originally drawn up by the Council Regulation (EEC) N°1736/75) in force in the year to which the data refer (RAMON: https://showvoc.op.europa.eu/#/datasets/ESTAT_Geonomenclature_2021_%28GEONOM_2021%29/data). The type of ship classification is harmonised with an internationally agreed International Classification of Ship by Type (ICST). The type of cargo classification, available in Directive 2009/42/EC, has been established in conformity with the United Nation ECE Recommendation N°21. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Maritime transport sector |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |||
Main concepts used in this domain are the following and for more information on the concepts and methodology, please consult the Reference Manual on Maritime Transport Statistics.
Port -A place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and to load and/or unload cargo or to disembark and/or embark passengers to or from vessels, usually directly to a pier.
Bunkers and stores supplied to vessels shall be excluded from the scope. Seagoing vessel -Floating marine structure with one or more surface displacement hulls. In the context of the Directive, sea-going vessels are vessels other than those which navigate exclusively in inland waters or in waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply. Swap bodies are excluded. Although without internal volume flats used in maritime transport should be considered to be a special type of container and therefore are included here. For a fuller description, reference should be made to ISO 668 and 1496.The related term "container cargo" refers to containers, with or without cargo, which are lifted on or off the vessels which carry them by sea. Ro-Ro unit- This means wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed onto a vessel. Port or ships' trailers are included in this definition. Classifications should follow United Nations ECE Recommendation No 21 'Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials'. Live animals on the hoof are included. Vehicles being transported as cargo as opposed to a means of transport for freight are recorded in the separate headings of the Ro-Ro cargo classification, when they are rolled on or rolled off a vessel on their own wheels.
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3.5. Statistical unit | |||
The data used in the domain are collected at port level. |
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3.6. Statistical population | |||
Detailed data are provided for ports handling more than one million tonnes of goods or recording more than 200 000 passenger movements annually (Main ports). The other ports are required to provide summary data. However, detailed data may be included also for minor ports on a voluntary basis. |
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3.7. Reference area | |||
Belgian sea ports |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Quarterly data |
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3.9. Base period | |||
Not applicable. |
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The units used depend on the variables collected within each data set and are: gross weight of goods expressed in thousands of tonnes; number of passengers in thousands, number of vessels.
TEUs: Twenty feet equivalent units, expressed in units or in thousands depending on the table. TEU calculation coefficients: |
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Quarters for datasets A1, A2, C1, C2, D1, F1 and F2. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
National Level: not available European Level:
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
Not applicable. |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
National level:
European level:
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Article 4 of Commission Decision 2001/423/EC mention that: "the highest level of detail in which data may be published or disseminated is the level of port to and from maritime coastal area. The Commission may however publish at more aggregate level if the quality and/or completeness of information are not appropriate in such detail." |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Reference period + 5 months |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Reference period + 5 months |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Publication on our website 6 months after the reference period |
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Quarterly maritime transport statistics are published within 10 months after the reference period and annual maritime transport statistics within 16 months after the reference period. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mobility/transport/sea-transport |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mobility/transport/sea-transport |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mobility/transport/sea-transport#figures |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
N/A |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/mobility/transport/sea-transport#figures |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Available upon request |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Available upon request |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
Standardised data and methodology based on Eurostat guidelines is used |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
Before the data are sent to Eurostat an internal validation takes place performerd by colleagues not implied in maritime statistics, after the statistician performs his own validation. |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
Other public administrations, academic researchers and consultants use our data. More detailed data is delivered when possible. |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
User satisfaction is not determined in a standardised way but we receive personal feedback or feedback via our general mail account |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
We think all data that are needed are available. Special requests are always possible |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
Data are accurate |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable for maritime transport data collection. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Non-sampling error should be very low or non existant |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
Quarterly data should be transmitted by Member States to Eurostat within five months of the end of the period of observation; annual data within eight months. The Commission (Eurostat) shall disseminate appropriate statistical data with a periodicity comparable to that of the results transmitted (Directive 2009/42/EC). |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
In general, data are sent on time |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
Data are comparable between member states because all member states should use the same methodology and nomenclature |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
There are no changes to such extent that data are not comparable over time |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
N/A |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
N/A |
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An estimated 700 hours per year |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
If necessary data are revised followed by a new validation, transmission to Eurostat and publication |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
No major data revision took place in recent years |
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18.1. Source data | |||
Data are received from the sea ports |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
On a quarterly base |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Exhaustive data from the ports are sent every quarter |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Data are validated when received, after finalising and before sending to Eurostat |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
None |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
None |
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None |
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