Container
ship – a ship fitted throughout with fixed or portable cell
guides for the carriage of containers.
Cruise ship – a
passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience. All
passengers have cabins. Facilities for entertainment aboard are included.Ships
operating normal ferry services are excluded, even if some passengers treat the
service as a cruise. In addition, cargo carrying vessels able to carry a very
limited number of passengers with their own cabins are also excluded. Ships
intended solely for day excursions are also excluded.
Dry bulk
vessel – a ship designed with a single deck and
holds for the bulk carriage of loose dry cargo of homogenous nature.
Dry
cargo barge – deck barge, hopper barge, lash-seabee barge, open dry
cargo barge, covered dry cargo barge and other dry cargo barges.
Estonian
vessel / foreign vessel –
nationality of a vessel is determined by the country under which flag the
vessel sails.
Fishing
vessel – a fish-catching
or fish-processing vessel.
General cargo non-specialised vessel – reefer, ro-ro passenger, ro-ro
container, other ro-ro cargo, combination carrier general cargo / passenger and
combination carrier general cargo / container, ship designed with a single or several decks.
GT 1000 – gross
tonnage of a ship in thousands. Gross tonnage is a measure of the size of a ship
determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on
Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969; a unitless entity.
Other
vessel – drilling and
exploration vessel, offshore support vessel, tug, pusher craft, dredger,
research or other vessel.
Passenger
ship – a ship designed specifically to carry more than 12 fare-paying passengers whether berthed or unberthed, cruise ships and
ro-ro passenger ships are excluded.
Specialised
vessel – a barge
carrier, chemical carrier, irradiated fuel carrier, livestock carrier, vehicle
carrier or other specialised vessel.
Tanker
/ liquid bulk carrier – oil tanker, chemical tanker, liquefied gas carrier (LG tanker), pushed tanker barge /
tank lighter or other liquid bulk carrier.
The survey
population consists of ports included in the State Port Register of the Estonian
Maritime Administration. Complete enumeration is applied.
Classification of types of vessels (ICST-COM)
Vessels have been classified by types of vessels — based on
ICST-COM.
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Updated: 18.12.2013