Definition: National sea transport

Category: Transport

Sea transport between two ports of a national territory or one port sea transport within national territory.

Note: In the maritime context, national sea transport is also known as cabotage. National sea transport can be performed by a merchant ship registered in the reporting country or in another country. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf