Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2.1 (NACE Rev. 2.1) - Section H

This section includes the transport of passengers or freight, by rail, pipeline, road, water or air. It includes the transport of passengers regardless of the reasons, whether for personal, professional or recreational reasons, scheduled or not. Rental of transport equipment with a driver or operator as well as postal and courier activities are classified in this section.

The section also includes associated activities (for example, operation of terminal and parking facilities, cargo handling, warehousing and storage, such as the operation of silos, merchandise warehouses, storage tanks). Transport activities classified in divisions 49, 50, 51 and 53 often involve related activities (for example, packaging, goods handling operations, temporary crating, sampling and weighing of goods) which solely support the transport activities. These supporting activities are only to be classified in division 52 if they are performed on behalf of others.

This division includes the transport of passengers and freight by road or rail. The activities include the transport of passengers, whether for personal, professional or recreational reasons. It also includes the transport of goods via road, rail or pipelines.

This class includes:
- rail transport of passengers using railway rolling stock on mainline networks
- operation of sleeping cars or dining cars as an integrated operation of railway companies

This class includes:
- passenger transport by metro, subway, underground and elevated railway, metropolitan railway and tramway
- passenger transport by funicular railway

This class includes:
- freight transport on mainline rail networks as well as short line freight railways

This group includes all land-based passenger transport activities other than rail transport.

This class includes:
- scheduled urban, suburban or long-distance road transport of passengers by e.g. bus, coach, trolleybus, minibus. Such transport follows a fixed timetable, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers normally at fixed stops

This class includes:
- non-scheduled urban, interurban and long-distance road transport of passengers in vehicles of 10 or more persons. This may include transport by bus, coach, trolleybus or minibus.

This class includes the on-demand transport of passengers in vehicles with a driver, for a maximum of 9 persons:
- taxi services
- private hire vehicles with a driver
- motorcycle taxi services

This class includes:
- transport by cableways, ski lifts and chairlifts, which may include the preparation of ski slopes
- passenger transport by lifts

This class includes:
- bicycle taxi services
- passenger road transport by vehicles drawn by humans or animals

This group includes all land-based freight transport activities other than rail transport.

This class includes:
- all freight transport operations by road:
 • logging haulage
 • livestock haulage
 • refrigerated haulage
 • heavy haulage
 • bulk haulage, including haulage in tanker trucks, including milk collection at farms
 • haulage of automobiles
 • transport of waste and waste materials, without collection or disposal
- road transport of freight, on behalf of postal or courier units, without carrying out any other post or courier activities
- road transport of objects between different units (e.g. buildings, storage units, on a fee or contract basis)

This class includes:
- removal (relocation) services to businesses and households by road transport

This class includes:
- transport of gases, liquids, water, slurry and other commodities via pipelines
- pipeline transport of natural gas from processing plants to local distribution systems

This division includes the water transport of passengers or freight, whether scheduled or not, whether for professional, personal or recreational reasons. Also included are the operation of towing or pushing boats, excursion or sightseeing boats, cruise ships, ferries, water taxis, and so on. Although the location is an indicator for the separation between sea and inland water transport, the deciding factor is the type of vessel used. Transport on seagoing vessels is classified in groups 50.1 and 50.2, while transport using other vessels is classified in groups 50.3 and 50.4.

This class includes:
- transport of passengers over seas and coastal waters, whether scheduled or not:
 • operation of excursion, cruise or sightseeing boats
 • operation of ferries, water taxis, etc.
- operation of other passenger sea or coastal transport

This class includes:
- transport of freight over sea and coastal waters
- transport by towing or pushing of barges, oil rigs, etc.

This class includes:
- transport of passengers via rivers, canals, lakes and other inland waterways, including inside harbours and ports

This class includes:
- transport of freight via rivers, canals, lakes and other inland waterways, including inside harbours and ports
- transport of freight on inland waterways, involving vessels that are not suitable for sea transport

This division includes the transport of passengers or freight by air or via space.

This class includes:
- scheduled air transport of passengers over regular routes
- charter flights for passengers
- sightseeing flights

This class includes:
- air transport of freight, whether scheduled or not

This class includes:
- launching of satellites and space vehicles
- space transport of freight and passengers

This division includes warehousing and support activities for transport, such as the operation of transport infrastructure (for example, airports, harbours, tunnels, bridges). It also includes the activities of transport agencies and cargo handling.

The activities mentioned are carried out on behalf of third parties. If the related services are provided solely to support transport activities by the same unit, they are considered as ancillary activities to transport and this unit is classified elsewhere in section H.

This class includes:
- operation of storage and warehouse facilities for all kinds of goods:
 • operation of grain silos
 • general merchandise warehouses
 • refrigerated warehouses and cool stores
 • storage tanks, etc.
- warehousing of furniture, not part of a removal service

This group includes activities supporting the transport of passengers or freight, including the operation of transport facilities and parts of the transport infrastructure and activities related to handling freight before, after or between transport segments.

This class includes:
- activities related to the transport of passengers, animals or freight by road, rail and other means of land transport:
 • operation of terminal facilities (e.g. railway stations, bus stations, stations for the handling of goods)
 • operation of railway infrastructure and rail-related facilities, cargo terminals, technical back-up points, railway stops for fuel
 • operation of roads, bridges and tunnels, including activities of winter maintenance
- switching and shunting
- operation of car parks or garages, parking for bicycles, winter storage of caravans
- towing and roadside assistance
- truck transport cargo surveying activities
- toll collection services

This class includes:
- activities related to the water transport of passengers, animals or freight:
 • operation of terminal facilities (e.g. harbours, piers)
 • operation of waterway locks, etc.
 • navigation, pilotage, tug and berthing activities
 • bunkering and reception of port waste
 • lighterage, salvage activities
 • lighthouse activities
 • marine cargo surveying activities
- waterway information services
- winter storage of ships and boats

This class includes:
- activities related to the air transport of passengers, animals or freight:
 • operation of terminal facilities (e.g. airway terminals)
 • airport and air traffic control activities
 • ground service activities on airfields, etc.
- ensuring safety at airfield infrastructure maintenance work
- storage of aircraft

This class includes:
- loading and unloading of goods and luggage irrespective of the mode of transport used
- stevedoring
- loading and unloading of freight railway cars

This class includes:
- activities of distribution centres
- pickup of goods and grouping for shipping
- goods handling operations (e.g. temporary crating and packing goods into boxes for the purpose of warehousing or for protecting them during transport, unpacking, sampling, weighing of goods)

This class includes:
- issue and procurement of transport documents and waybills
- activities of customs agents
- organisation of multimodal and combined transport activities by rail, road, water or air (intermodal transport) on behalf of the shipper or consignee
- organisation and freight forwarding of group and individual consignments on behalf of the client

This group includes the intermediation of freight and passenger transport.

This class includes the intermediation of freight transport, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the freight transport services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the freight transport service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space).

This class includes:
- rail, road, ship and aircraft freight brokerage
- operation of platforms for intermediation of freight transport services

This class includes the intermediation of passenger transport, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the passenger transport services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the passenger transport service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space).

This class includes:
- operation of online ride-sharing platforms that allow passengers to book a ride
- provision of intermediation services for the purchase of land, water or air transport for passengers
- brokerage of passenger seats in ships and aircraft space

This class includes the activities of postal services operating under a universal service obligation by one or more designated universal service providers. The activities include use of the universal service infrastructure, including retail sale locations, sorting and processing facilities, and carrier routes to pick up and deliver mail. The delivery can include letter post, in other words, letters, postcards, printed papers (newspapers, periodicals, advertising items, and so on), small packets, goods or documents. Also included are other services necessary to support the universal service obligation.

This class includes:
- pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic (national) or international) of letter post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by postal services operating under a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport.
- collection of letter-mail and parcels from public letter boxes or from post offices

This class includes:
- pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic (national) or international) of letter post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by businesses operating outside the scope of a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport.

This class includes the intermediation of postal and courier activities, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the postal and courier services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the postal and courier service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space).

This class includes:
- any intermediation service undertaken by third parties to postal service providers and offered to business and domestic (household) clients
- operation of online platforms to allow people to book a food delivery