Definition: Sea transport enterprise (Shipping firm)

Category: Transport

Enterprise carrying out in one or more places activities for the supply of sea transport services and whose main activities according to value added is sea transport.

Note: In terms of activity classifications the following classes are involved:
ISIC/Rev.3 : 6110 - Sea and coastal water transport
NACE/Rev.1 : 61.10 - Sea and coastal water transport
Ship management enterprises which operate merchant ships on behalf of their owners or lease holders are included.
Ports, and other units providing supporting and auxiliary transport services are excluded. These fall within the scope of heading 06 below. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf