Definition: Cargo journey

Category: Transport

A sea journey involving the movement of cargo, between a place of loading or embarkation and a port of unloading or disembarkation.

Note: A sea journey may involve calls at a number of ports between the specified point of origin and the specified point of destination and encompass a number of cargo journeys with the loading and unloading of cargo at a number of ports. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf