5222 Service activities incidental to water transportation


Corresponding CPA codes

  • 52.22.1 Services incidental to water transportation
  • 52.22.11 Port and waterway operation services (except cargo handling) on sea and coastal waters

    This subcategory includes:

    • port operation services such as wharves, docks, piers, quays and other services connected with marine terminal facilities, including passenger terminal services in connection with sea and coastal waters
    • services of locks, boat lifts, weirs, sluices
    • services provided by lighthouses, lightships and light vessels, buoys, channel markers and similar navigation aids

    This subcategory excludes:

    • port storage and warehousing services, see 52.10.1
    • pilotage services in connection with docking and undocking of vessels on sea and coastal waters, see 52.22.13
    • tugboat-assisted docking and undocking services on sea and coastal waters, see 52.22.13
    • cargo handling services, see 52.24.1
    • stevedoring services: • for containerised freight, see 52.24.11 • for non-containerised freight, see 52.24.13
    • operation services of marinas, see 93.29.19
  • 52.22.12 Inland waterway operation services (except cargo handling)

    This subcategory includes:

    • operating and maintenance services of boat, barge and ship canals, of canalised rivers and of other artificial or non artificial inland waterways
    • services of locks, boat lifts, weirs, sluices
    • services provided by lighthouses, lightships and light vessels, buoys, channel markers and similar navigation aids
    • towing services on canals other than by tugboat, e.g., by tractors or locomotives on the tow-path

    This subcategory excludes:

    • port storage and warehousing services, see 52.10.1
    • pilotage services in connection with docking and undocking of vessels on inland waters, see 52.22.14
    • tugboat-assisted docking and undocking services on inland waters, see 52.22.14
    • cargo handling services, see 52.24.1
    • stevedoring services: • for containerised freight, see 52.24.11 • for non-containerised freight, see 52.24.13
  • 52.22.13 Pilotage and berthing services on sea and coastal waters

    This subcategory includes:

    • pilotage services, including the services of pilot vessels, on sea and coastal waters, whether supplied to conduct a vessel in or out of harbours or around navigational dangers
    • tugboat services in connection with the docking and undocking of vessels of all types, on sea and coastal waters

    This subcategory excludes:

    • towing and pushing services on coastal waters or on open sea, see 50.20.22
  • 52.22.14 Pilotage and berthing services on inland waters

    This subcategory includes:

    • pilotage services, including the services of pilot vessels, whether supplied to conduct a vessel in or out of harbours or around navigational dangers, in inland waters
    • tugboat services in connection with the docking and undocking of vessels of all types, in inland waters

    This subcategory excludes:

    • towing and pushing services on inland waters, see 50.40.22
  • 52.22.15 Vessel salvage and refloating services on sea and coastal waters

    This subcategory includes:

    • vessel salvage services, provided on sea and coastal waters
    • towing services for vessels on sea and coastal waters

    Such services consist of recovering distressed and sunken vessels and their cargoes, including the raising of sunken vessels, the righting of capsized vessels and the refloating of stranded vessels.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • towing services supplied to vessels on coastal waters or on open sea, see 50.20.22
    • lifeboat services, marine fireboat services and other marine search and rescue services: • police services, see 84.24.11 • other public order and safety affairs related services, see 84.24.19 • marine fireboat services, see 84.25.11
  • 52.22.16 Vessel salvage and refloating services in inland waters

    This subcategory includes:

    • vessel salvage services, provided on inland waters
    • towing services for distressed vessels in inland waters

    Such services consist of recovering distressed and sunken vessels and their cargoes, including the raising of sunken vessels, the righting of capsized vessels and the refloating of stranded vessels.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • towing services supplied to vessels on inland waters, see 50.40.22
    • lifeboat services, marine fireboat services and other marine search and rescue services: • police services, see 84.24.11 • other public order and safety affairs related services, see 84.24.19 • marine fireboat services, see 84.25.11
  • 52.22.19 Other services incidental to water transportation

    This subcategory includes:

    • water transport supporting services directly connected with vessel operations n.e.c., and not directly connected with vessel operations such as ice breaking, vessel registration, vessel laying-up and storage services etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • lighterage (transshipping part of the freight in order to reduce draught of a vessel)

    This subcategory excludes:

    • disinfecting and exterminating services for vessels, see 81.29.11
    • cleaning services for vessels, including removal of contamination by fuel and oil, see 81.29.19
    • lifeboat services, marine fireboat services and other marine search and rescue services: • oil spill fighting services, see 39.00 • police services, see 84.24.11 • other public order and safety affairs related services, see 84.24.19 • marine fireboat services, see 84.25.11

Codification rules

The code includes activities that are carried out before or after the shipment. This covers, for example, activities such as cargo handling, use of transport infrastructure, preparation of documents for transport or labelling for shipment etc.