Survey Information
Survey Name:
Statistics of Port Traffic
Business Area:
Transport Section, Agriculture, Transport & Tourism Division.
Survey Purpose:
The survey provides data on the scale and development of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea.
Legislative Basis:
Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 6 May 2009 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea.S.I. Number 750 of 2007 Statistics (Carriage of goods and passengers by sea) order 2007:
Periodicity
Quarterly
Target Population:
All ports / harbour authorities where carriage of goods and/or passengers occurs.
Sampling Frame:
Data is submitted by all ports.
Survey Size:
21
Principal Variables Collected:
Reporting port, Type of cargo, Direction, Port of loading/unloading, Gross weight of goods in tonnes, Number of passengers, Nationality of registration of the vessel, Number of vessels by type and size, Deadweight of vessels, Gross tonnage of vessels.
Principal External Users:
Eurostat, Ports, Shipping companies and other various interested parties.
Contact Points
Business Area Specialists:
Noreen Dorgan
Gregg Patrick
The business specialists above can be contacted by e-mail using their firstname.lastname@cso.ie
Methodology Document
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Quality Report
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