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This type includes:

  • loading and unloading of goods and luggage irrespective of the mode of transport used
  • stevedoring
  • loading and unloading of freight railway cars

This type also includes:

  • rental and leasing of transtainers or luffing cranes, with an operator, for cargo handling activities
  • moving cargos on industrial sites, typically with transport equipment that is not suitable for use on roads open to public traffic

This type excludes:

  • transportat or moving of objects within an industrial plant, on a fee or contract basis, if a public road is used, see 494100
  • operation of terminal facilities, see 5221, 522200, 522300
  • intermediation service activities for freight transport, see 523100

Services such as warehousing, storage, and other support activities, when provided solely to assist transportation activities within the same unit, are considered ancillary. These services should be classified under transport, with the unit assigned to the relevant code in Section H.