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1.1. Contact organisation | Statistics Estonia |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Enterprise and Agricultural Statistics Department |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Address: Tatari 51, 10134, Tallinn |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 14/09/2020 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 19/09/2023 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 19/09/2023 |
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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. Standard goods classification for transport statistics (NST 2007) https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Family/Detail/1043 |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | |||
Maritime transport is the carriage of goods and passengers by sea-going vessels, on voyages undertaken wholly or partly at sea. The data collected are port statistics: information on goods handled in ports, passengers embarked and disembarked and vessel traffic. Detailed information is collected on the type of cargo and passengers, geographical areas where the partner ports are located, type, size and nationality of ships used to carry out that transportation. Detailed information is collected from main ports - at least those handling more than 1 million tonnes of goods annually or recording more than 200 000 passenger movements annually. |
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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 | |||
Seaports located on the territory of Estonia. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Annual data of carriage of goods and passengers by sea has been reported starting from 2001, quarterly data from 2002. |
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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 and F2. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
National Level:
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:
The data provided to Eurostat in the data sets contain confidential information. |
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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." The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia: https://www.stat.ee/en/statistics-estonia/data-protection-privacy-policy. The data provided to Eurostat may contain confidential information. Statistics Estonia has renewed the agreements with seaports in order to get their consent to provide Eurostat with the data specified in the legal acts. |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month). |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. |
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Quarterly maritime transport statistics are published within 4 months after the reference period. 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 at EU level. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
News release was issued in March on last year's results up to 2020. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Irregular blog news will be published, no other publications will be published. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Data are published under the subject area “Economy / Transport” in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/et/stat. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Statistical dashboards - The data are displayed as graphs and charts. It is possible to customise the dashboards to create overviews of indicators of interest, to download and share information in various formats. The data used are from the statistical database of Statistics Estonia and are updated automatically (https://juhtimislauad.stat.ee/dashboard/1). |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Dedicated Meta information (Definitions, comments, methods, quality) on Sea Transport Statistics is available at national level: https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/methodology-and-quality/esms-metadata/22031 . |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Dedicated Meta information (Definitions, comments, methods, quality) on Sea Transport Statistics is available at national level: https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/methodology-and-quality |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act. |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report, which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions. Implementation and compliance with the SDMX standards: Data are transmitted to Eurostat in SDMX format. SDMX standard is not used for data exchanges with data providers (ports). |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Estonian Maritime Administration We regularly collect feedback from users about the kind of information the society needs. The main users of statistics are public authorities, industry associations, research and educational institutions and local government associations. |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
In compliance with the rules (regulations). The data collection on Maritime transport statistics follows the provisions of the Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (Recast). |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness. The processing with several checks as well as checks done before transmitting data to Eurostat provides a high accuracy of the data. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable for maritime transport data collection. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Data editing and coding errors, logical errors, which do not occur much. The main ones are coding errors. |
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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 | |||
All the statistics required by the provisions of the legal acts on maritime transport statistics are available one month before the deadline for the data provisions set up in the legal act. 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. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
The data are comparable to data of other European Union countries because common methodology has been used for transport statistics. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
The data are comparable over time because common methodology has been used. The detailed information on eventual breaks in the time series is provided in the Country Specific Notes (CSNs) available at Eurostat’s metadata page (in Annex part). |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Comparisons with other transport statistics are only partially and to a limited extent possible with regard to freight transport and passenger transport, since data are currently not available or are not collected at the same level of detail and also different methods and underlying objectives. |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
The data are made internally coherent by using common methodology in data collection and the same rules of data aggregation. |
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The response burden is put on the ports, but is reduced to a minimum – it is possible to provide the data automatically using electronic data transmission tool (eStat) and are only contacted if errors cannot be solved by the NSI. As data is collected by individual port visits, the amount of data is large, so it is possible to upload data as a file for data transfer via eStat to Statistics Estonia. Cost of statistical activity "Water transport" (includes monthly ports survey and survey of transport enterprises) 48 thousand euros (data for 2022) Average time of filling in the reports, hours per report: quarterly questionnaire "Shpping traffic" 4.8 (data for 2021) |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the dissemination policy of Statistics Estonia at Official Statistics Act https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/506012015002/consolide/current . |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available within a year from the end of the reference period. |
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18.1. Source data | |||
SURVEY DATA: The population is 7 seaports and for national passenger transport 1 sea transport enterprise (national lines). Census has been used. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA: EMDE (Estonian Maritime Documents Exchange) data of ship visits is disseminated, but not used for dataset F2. Seaports are the source of the following information: Carriage of goods by vessels and Passenger transport by vessels Carriage of goods by vessels – time of departure/arrival of the vessel; quarter; reporting port; direction; port of loading/unloading; maritime coastal area; type of cargo; group of goods; flag state; type of vessel; vessel size class; quantity of loaded/unloaded goods; quantity of transit goods; number of containers and roll-on/roll-off units: full and empty; number of containers and roll-on/roll-off units: empty; gross tonnage of vessel; IMO number of vessel Sea transport enterprise data of national passenger transport by main national routes: Number of maritime transport journeys; Number of maritime transport passengers; Passenger turnover of maritime transport All data are transmitted quarterly to CNA. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
Information needed for the quarterly datasets A1, A2, C1, D1, F2 and for the annual datasets A3, B1 and E1 are collected quarterly. Annual data are summed up on the basis of quarterly data. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Data are collected and the submission of questionnaires is monitored through eSTAT (the web channel for electronic data submission). The questionnaires have been designed for independent completion in eSTAT and include instructions and controls. The questionnaires and information about data submission are available on Statistics Estonia’s website at https://saextwebtest.stat.ee/en/submit-data/about-data-submission . Data are collected with the official statistics quarterly questionnaires "Shipping traffic", "International passenger transport through ports", "Carriage of goods through ports" and "Seaborne transport".
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with the data of previous periods and other surveys. There are main validation rules implemented into VAIS toolbox. After validating the data, necessary corrections are made manually or automatically. If necessary, the data respondents are involved into data correction process. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
In the case of missing or unreliable data, estimate imputation based on established regulations will be used. Variables and statistical units which were not collected but which are necessary for producing the output are calculated. New variables are calculated by applying arithmetic conversion to already existing variables. This may be done repeatedly, the derived variable may, in turn, be based on previously derived new variables. Microdata are aggregated to the level necessary for analysis. This includes aggregating the data according to the classification, and calculating various statistical measures. The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators. After various plausibility checks, the data received from the data respondents are compiled into quarterly data following the structure of the data sets which are preset by legal acts for maritime transport statistica. |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Not applicable for air transport data collection. |
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Not applicable. |
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