Definition: Unladen inland waterway traffic

Category: Transport

Any movement of an IWT freight vessel for which the gross-gross weight of goods carried, including that of equipment such as containers, swap-bodies and pallets, is nil; as well as any movement of an IWT passenger vessel without passengers.

Note: The movement of an IWT vessel carrying empty equipment such as containers, swap-bodies and pallets is not considered to be an unladen journey. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf