Definition: Cross-trade sea transport

Category: Transport

International sea transport between two countries performed by a merchant ship registered in a third country.

nOTE/ A third country is a country other than the country of loading/embarkation or the country of unloading/ disembarkation. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf