Definition: Transit of an IWT vessel

Category: Transport

Any laden or unladen IWT vessel which has entered and left the country at different points by whatever means of transport provided the total journey within the country was by inland waterway and that there has been no loading or unloading operation in the country.

Note: IWT vessels loaded/unloaded at the frontier of that country onto/from another mode of transport are included. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf