Definition: Tonne-kilometre (tkm)

Category: Transport

Unit of measurement of goods transport which represents the transport of one tonne of goods over a distance of one kilometre.
(Fourth version of the Transport Glossary)

Unit of measure representing the movement of one tonne of cargo in a merchant ship over one kilometre.
(Third version of the Transport Glossary) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED Eurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003