Unit: thous. tonnes
Source of data: Statistics Poland
Information about indicator
Name of the indicator
14.C.5 International traffic cargo in seaports
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 14. Life below water
Priority
Strengthening the position of Polish sea ports, increasing the competitiveness of maritime transport and ensuring maritime safety
Definition
Total weight of cargo transhipped in seaports, including cargo imported from foreign ports to Polish ports and exported from Polish ports to foreign ports, regardless of the type of goods.
Unit
thous. tonnes
Available dimensions
by maritime traffic
Methodological explanations
International maritime traffic in seaports – the total amount of cargo unloaded from seagoing vessels (including ferries) and loaded onto seagoing vessels (including ferries), both in connection with Polish foreign trade and transit.
Transit cargo traffic in seaports – the traffic of cargo originating from a foreign shipper and destined for a foreign recipient, delivered to a Polish seaport by land, inland waterway, or by sea, and transhipped in the port for further transport by sea, land, or inland waterway.
Seaport – a commercial facility located at the interface between land and sea, adequately equipped technically, technologically, and organizationally to handle maritime trade, as well as to handle the maritime and land transport means involved in its transportation.
Source of data
Statistics Poland
Data availability
Annual data, since 2010 (in the case of transit – from 2015)
