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1.1. Contact organisation | National Institute of Statistics - Romania |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Transport, Post and Telecommunications Statistics Unit - Structural Business Statistics Directorate - Economic Statistics Directorate-General |
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1.5. Contact mail address | 16, Libertatii Blvd. Bucharest, Romania |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 10/05/2023 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 08/07/2022 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 06/06/2024 |
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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 | |||
The Maritime Transport |
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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 | |||
The reference area is Romania. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | |||
Data has been provided since 2001 reference year, according to the legislation. |
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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:
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 | |||
Quarterly and annual sets of data are provided to the European Commission - Eurostat in accordance with the legislation in force, i.e. within five months of the end of the period of observation for data of quarterly periodicity and within eight months for data of annual periodicity At national level, data is disseminated at seventy days of the end of the period of observation in NIS quarterly publication 'Transport of goods and passengers at ports' and at ninety days of the end of the quarter in NIS publication 'Transport of goods and passengers, by mode of transport'. Quarterly data is also disseminated in 'Monthly Statistical Bulletin'. Annual data is disseminated in NIS' TEMPO online database, in Romanian Statistical Yearbook and in other NIS' publications. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
https://insse.ro/cms/files/catalog/Catalogul_publicatiilor_INS_2023.pdf
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
Data is disseminated in electronic format on NIS' website, as scheduled in the Catalogue of statistical publications and services. Data is available to all users at the same time in electronic format and on paper. |
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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 | |||
Data is not disseminated in regular or ad-hoc press releases. |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Data is made available to the public in publications in electronic format, i.e. .pdf and .xls formats. http://www.insse.ro/cms/en/publicatii-statistice-in-format-electronic / Transport.
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Annual data is disseminated in NIS' TEMPO online database. http://statistici.insse.ro:8077/tempo-online/#/pages/tables/insse-table / B.13 TRANSPORTS |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Micro-data are not disseminated. |
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Data are disseminated in other NIS' synthesis publications. |
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Metadata are available on NIS' website Methodological information is included in NIS' quarterly publications and in TEMPO online database tables. |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Annual Quality Reports are produced - https://insse.ro/cms/ro/content/rapoarte-de-calitate-anchete-statistice |
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11.1. Quality assurance | |||
https://insse.ro/cms/en/content/quality-national-statistical-system |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |||
The data quality is good. |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
The statistical data are produced in accordance with the legislation in force. |
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
User satisfaction surveys are carried-out at NIS every three years. |
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12.3. Completeness | |||
Maritime transport statistics are produced in accordance with the legislation in force. |
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | |||
The overall accuracy of the statistics produced is good. |
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13.2. Sampling error | |||
Not applicable for maritime transport data collection. |
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13.3. Non-sampling error | |||
Not the case. |
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
Quarterly data is transmitted 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 | |||
Data is delivered on time. |
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | |||
Maritime transport statistics are comparable between geographical areas. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | |||
Maritime transport statistics have been reported since 2001 reference year. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |||
Data is reconciliable with those obtained through other statistical domains. |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | |||
The statistics are consistent within data sets. |
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Data is collected from Ports Authorities, based on the provisions of the Statistical Law and of the National Annual Statistical Programme. Data provided is usually contained in Ports Authoritties databases. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
Not the case |
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18.1. Source data | |||
Data is collected through an exhaustive statistical survey. |
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | |||
The survey is carried out every quarter at NIS Romania. |
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18.3. Data collection | |||
Data is gathered on Excel format transmitted by our respondents via email. An Word questionnaire is provided every year to our respondents. |
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18.4. Data validation | |||
Data received is checked and validated at NIS Transport, Post and Telecommunications Unit, based on clarifications and corrections provided by the respondents. |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||
Not the case |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||
Data is not adjusted. |
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Not the case |
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