Definition: Goods loaded

Category: Maritime transport

Goods placed on a merchant ship for transport by sea.

Note: Transshipment from one merchant ship to another is regarded as loading after unloading.
Goods loaded include national goods, transshipment goods (national or foreign goods arriving in port by sea) and land transit goods (foreign goods arriving in port by road, rail, air or inland waterway). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf