carriage of goods and passengers by seameans the movement of goods and passengers using seagoing vessels, on voyages which are undertaken wholly or partly at sea.
Container cargomeans containers with or without cargo which are lifted on to or off the vessels which carry them by sea.
Cruise passengermeans a sea passenger making a sea journey on a cruise ship.
Cruise passenger excursionmeans a short visit by a cruise passenger to a tourist attraction associated with a port while retaining a cabin on board.
Cruise shipmeans a passenger ship intended to provide passengers with a full tourist experience.
Deadweight (DWT)means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship on summer load-line in water with a specific gravity of 1,025 and the total weight of the ship, i.e. the displacement in tonnes of a ship without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and drinking water in the tanks, usable supplies as well as passengers, crew and their possessions.
Freight containermeans an article of transport equipment:
Gross tonnagemeans the measure of the overall size of a ship determined in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
Gross weight of goodsmeans the tonnage of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of containers or Ro-Ro units.
maritime transport operatormeans any person by whom or on behalf of whom a contract for the transport of goods or persons by sea is concluded with a shipper or a passenger.
nationality of the maritime transport operatormeans that corresponding to the country in which the effective centre of the transport operator’s commercial activity is located;
portmeans a place having facilities for merchant ships to moor and to load or unload cargo or to disembark or embark passengers to or from vessels;
Ro-Ro cargomeans goods, whether or not in containers, on Ro-Ro units, and Ro-Ro units which are rolled on and off the vessels which carry them by sea.
Ro-Ro container cargomeans containers with or without cargo loaded on Ro-Ro units which are then rolled on and rolled off the vessels which carry them by sea.
Ro-Ro unitmeans wheeled equipment for carrying cargo, such as a truck, trailer or semi-trailer, which can be driven or towed on to a vessel.
Ro-Ro vesselmeans a vessel designed to carry Ro-Ro units.
seagoing vesselsmeans vessels other than those which navigate exclusively in inland waters or in waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply.
Shipborne port-to-port trailermeans a trailer intended to carry cargo (including containers) between two ports on Ro-Ro vessels.