Maritime transport (S)

Reference period  
Year:
2018

General characteristics  
Contents:
Carriage of passengers and freight by sea
Analysis units:
Shipped vehicles ; Shipped containers; Carriage of trucks by ship; Merchant ships; Carriage of passengers by sea
Periodicity:
Yearly
EU legislation:
Yes

Survey design  
Type:
Census

Data collection  
Reporting units:
Merchant ships
Data collection mode:
Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission
Total units:
Not applicable
Respondents:
Not applicable

Quality  
Prevention, monitoring and evaluation of unit nonresponse:
Initiatives to foster survey participation; Follow-ups of nonrespondent units/bodies
Item nonresponse and measurement error treatment:
Adjustement methods to reduce the effects of measurement and partial nonresponse errors; Recontact of the units
Validation:
Coherence control with previous data of the same survey

Data dissemination  
Istat data bases:
I.Stat
Other data bases:
New Cronos - Eurostat (Statistical office of the European Union)
Press releases:
None
Timeliness of provisional data:
Not released
Timeliness of final data:
1 year