EL STAT Hellenic Statistical Authority : Traffic of Passengers, Goods and Mobile Units in Greek Ports (Provisional Data), 4th Quarter 2020

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY

Piraeus, 16 June 2021

PRESS RELEASE

TRAFFIC OF PASSENGERS, GOODS AND MOBILE UNITS IN GREEK PORTS:

4th QUARTER 2020 (Provisional data)

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data on traffic of passengers, goods and mobile units in the Greek ports for the 4th Quarter 2020. Particularly:

• The total passenger traffic in Greek ports in the 4th quarter 2020 recorded a decrease of 47.6% compared with the 4th quarter 2019, while at the corresponding comparison of the 4th quarter of 2019 with the 4th quarter of 2018 an increase by 4.1% was recorded (Table 1).
• The total movements of goods in Greek ports in the 4th quarter 2020 decreased by 8.0% compared with the 4th quarter 2019, while at the corresponding comparison of the 4th quarter of 2019 with the 4th quarter of 2018 an increase by 0.7% was recorded (Table 2).
• The total traffic of mobile units in Greek ports in the 4thquarter 2020 decreased by 24.4% compared with the 4th quarter 2019, while at the corresponding comparison of the 4th quarter of 2019 with the 4th quarter of 2018 an increase by 2.9% was recorded (Table 3).

Graph 1. Traffic of Passengers and Goods, 1st Quarter 2018 - 4th Quarter 2020

	18,000											45,000
											44,000
thousands)	16,000											43,000	thousands)
										42,000
14,000											41,000
										40,000
12,000											39,000
											38,000
10,000											37,000
(in											(in
8,000											36,000
Passengers											35,000	Tonnes
6,000											34,000
										33,000
4,000											32,000
										31,000
2,000											30,000
	0											29,000
											28,000
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
		2018			2019			2020

Total Passengers		Total Movement of Goods (right axis)

Information on methodological issues:	Information for data provision:
Division of Sectoral Statistics	Tel. [phone]
Section of Transport Statistics	E- mail: [e-mail]
P.Tzortzi, E.Kleftogianni, P.Rapti
Τel : 213 135 2187, 213 135 3087,213 135 2187,213 135 3122
E-mail:[e-mail]

Table 1. Domestic and international passenger traffic in Greek ports: 4th Quarter 2018 - 2020

									4th Quarter
			2018		2019			Change %	2020			Change %
					2019/2018			2020/2019
	Total:	5,622,949		5,853,873		4.1		3,069,398		-47.6
	Domestic passengers
	(Disembarked /	5,387,068		5,611,995		4.2		2,940,722		-47.6
	embarked)
	International				235,881				241,878			2.5			128,676			-46.8
	passengers
	Disembarked	113,618		115,081		1.3		63,339		-45.0
	Embarked				122,263				126,797			3.7			65,337			-48.5

Graph 2. Domestic and international passenger traffic in Greek ports: 4th Quarter 2018 - 2020

300

250

5,623

5,854

7,000

6,000

International passengers (in thousands)

200

150

100

50

0

5,3875,612

3,069

2,941

2018		2019	2020
		Total international passengers
		Disembarked (international)
		Embarked (international)
		Domestic passengers	(right axis)

Total domestic and international passengers (right axis)

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

(in thousands)

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Table 2. Domestic and international movements of goods in Greek ports: 4th Quarter 2018 - 2020

								4th Quarter
	(in tons)	2018		2019		Change %	2020			Change %
			2019/2018			2020/2019
	Total:	39,607,623	39,869,534		0.7		36,671,431	-8.0
	Domestic goods	7,971,470	7,710,823		-3.3		6,789,104		-12.0
	(Unloaded / loaded)
	International goods			31,636,153				32,158,711		1.7			29,882,327			-7.1
	Unloaded	17,661,469	18,396,559		4.2		16,823,014	-8.6
	Loaded			13,974,684				13,762,152		-1.5			13,059,313			-5.1

Graph 3. Domestic and international movements of goods in Greek ports: 4th Quarter 2018- 2020

Goods (in thousands tons)

45,000	39,608	39,870
40,000			36,671

35,000

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000
10,000	7,971	7,711	6,789
5,000
0
2018	2019	2020
			Total international goods
			Unloaded (international)

Loaded (international)

Domestic goods

Total domestic and international goods

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Table 3. Domestic and international traffic of mobile units in Greek ports: 4th Quarter 2018 - 2020

					4th Quarter
	2018		2019		Change %	2020		Change %
			2019/2018			2020/2019
Total:	1,955,855		2,011,876		2.9		1,521,009		-24.4
Domestic mobile
units	1,805,346		1,863,133		3.2		1,395,912		-25.1
(Unloaded / loaded)
International mobile
units		150,509			148,743		-1.2		125,097		-15.9
Unloaded	76,911		74,678		-2.9		64,018		-14.3
Loaded		73,598			74,065		0.6		61,079		-17.5

Graph 4. Domestic and international traffic of mobile units in Greek ports: 4th Quarter 2018 - 2020

Internatiomnal mobile units (in thousands)

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0

2,500

1,9562,012

2,000

1,805

1,863

1,521

1,500

1,396

1,000

500

0

2018

2019

2020

Total international mobile units

Unloaded (international)

Loaded (international)

Domestic mobile units (right axis)

Total domestic and international mobile units (right axis)

(in thousands)

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	METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
Survey on the	The survey on traffic of passengers, goods and mobile units in Greek ports is
traffic of	conducted on a monthly basis since 1960 and it has been producing quarterly
passengers'	and annual results. This survey is conducted in compliance with EU regulation
goods and	2009/42 which provides for the harmonization of statistical returns in respect of
mobile units in	carriage of passengers' goods by sea in the EU Member States.
Greek ports	The purpose of the survey is to collect statistical data on maritime transport and
	to disseminate these data to all relevant users.
Legal	This survey is fully harmonized with EU legislation and more specifically with
framework	Council Directive (EC) 2009/42 of the European Parliament.
Reference	The data of the survey refer to the 4th quarter 2020.
period
Coverage	The survey covers all merchant vessels of net tonnage 10 GRT and over which
	carry passengers' goods and mobile units by sea to and from domestic and
	international ports for commercial purposes. Consequently fish-catching vessels,
	research and survey vessels, dredgers, naval vessels or vessels used solely for
	non-commercial purposes are not included in the survey.
Definitions	Domestic Passengers: Refers to movement of passengers between Greek ports.
	International passengers: Refers to movement of passengers in Greek ports with
	embarking or disembarking at foreign ports.

Methodology The survey is an exhaustive survey which is conducted for all vessels meeting the necessary criteria. The survey is carried out by means of specialized questionnaires which must be filed in by the competent bodies:

1. The domestic Port Authorities which have the responsibility to fill in the questionnaires for the goods transport in cooperation with the maritime transport agent.
2. The shipping companies and the financial officers of the ships who have the responsibility to fill in the questionnaires for the passenger traffic.
3. Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) and Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) which

record the large majority of goods transport data and send these statistical returns to ELSTAT electronically by means of a specially designed software application.

ELSTAT after having received all the above-mentioned data proceeds to data checks, codification, processing and tabulation of the data.

It should be stressed that the survey is conducted in compliance with international classifications and definitions applied for the variables of the relevant survey, which are laid down in Eurostat's manual «Reference Manual on Maritime Transport Statistics Version 4.0 November 2017».

References More information (tables charts) concerning the survey on maritime transport of passenger, goods and mobile units in the Greek ports by merchant vessels can be found on the web page of ELSTAT (www.statistics.gr) under the link https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/SMA06

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