Definition: Inland waterway transport (IWT)

Category: Transport

Any movement of goods and/or passengers using an IWT vessel on a given inland waterways network.

Note: When an IWT vessel is being carried on another vehicle, only the movement of the carrying vehicle (active mode) is taken into account. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf