SIC Codes - Division E - Major Group 44: Water Transportation

Major Group 44: Water Transportation

This major group includes establishments engaged in freight and passenger transportation on the open seas or inland waters, and establishments furnishing such incidental services as lighterage, towing, and canal operation. This major group also includes excursion boats, sight-seeing boats, and water taxis. Cargo handling operations when carried on by transportation companies and separately reported are classified in Industry 4491. When separate reports for cargo handling are not available, these operations are classified with the transportation establishment. Establishments engaged in the operation of charter or party fishing boats are classified in Services, Industry 7999.

Industry Group 441: Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight
- 4412 Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight
  Establishments primarily engaged in operating vessels for the transportation of freight on the deep seas between the United States and foreign ports. Establishments operating vessels for the transportation of freight which travel to foreign ports and also to noncontiguous territories are classified in this industry.
  - Deep sea foreign transportation of freight

Industry Group 442: Deep Sea Domestic Transportation Of Freight
- 4424 Deep Sea Domestic Transportation Of Freight
  Establishments primarily engaged in operating vessels for the transportation of freight on the deep seas between ports of the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and United States island possessions or protectorates. Also included are operations limited to the coasts of Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico. Establishments performing transportation of freight on the intracoastal waterways paralleling the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are classified in Industry 4449.
  - Coastwise transportation of freight
  - Domestic freight transportation, deep sea
  - Intercoastal transportation of freight
  - Water transportation of freight to noncontiguous territories

Industry Group 443: Freight Transportation On The Great Lakes-st.
- 4432 Freight Transportation On The Great Lakes-st. Lawrence Seaway
  Establishments primarily engaged in the transportation of freight on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway, either between United States ports or between United States and Canadian ports.
  - Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway freight transportation

Industry Group 444: Water Transportation Of Freight, Not Elsewhere
- 4449 Water Transportation Of Freight, Not Elsewhere Classified
  Establishments primarily engaged in the transportation of freight on all inland waterways, including the intracoastal waterways on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Transportation of freight on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway is classified in Industry 4432. Establishments primarily engaged in providing lighterage and towing or tugboat services are classified in Industry Group 449.
  - Canal barge operations
  - Canal freight transportation
  - Intracoastal freight transportation
  - Lake freight transportation, except on the Great Lakes
  - Log rafting and towing
  - River freight transportation, except on the St. Lawrence Seaway
  - Transportation of freight on bays and sounds of the oceans

Industry Group 448: Water Transportation Of Passengers
- 4481 Deep Sea Transportation Of Passengers, Except By Ferry
  Establishments primarily engaged in operating vessels for the transportation of passengers on the deep seas.
  - Deep sea transportation of passengers
- 4482 Ferries
  Establishments primarily engaged in operating ferries for the transportation of passengers or vehicles. Establishments primarily engaged in providing lighterage services are classified in Industry 4499.
  - Car lighters (ferries)
  - Ferries, operation of
  - Railroad ferries
- 4489 Water Transportation Of Passengers, Not Elsewhere Classified
  Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing water transportation of passengers, not elsewhere classified.
  - Airboats (swamp buggy rides)
  - Excursion boat operations
  - Passenger water transportation on rivers and canals
  - Sight-seeing boats
  - Water taxis, operation of

Industry Group 449: Services Incidental To Water Transportation
- 4491 Marine Cargo Handling
  Establishments primarily engaged in activities directly related to marine cargo handling from the time cargo, for or from a vessel, arrives at shipside, dock, pier, terminal, staging area, or in-transit area until cargo loading or unloading operations are completed. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in the transfer of cargo between ships and barges, trucks, trains, pipelines, and wharfs. Cargo handling operations carried on by transportation companies and separately reported are classified here. This industry includes the operation and maintenance of piers, docks, and associated buildings and facilities; but lessors of such facilities are classified in Real Estate, Industry 6512.
  - Docks, including buildings and facilities: operation and maintenance
  - Loading vessels
  - Marine cargo handling
  - Piers, including buildings and facilities: operation and maintenance
  - Ship hold cleaning
  - Stevedoring
  - Unloading vessels
  - Waterfront terminal operation
- 4492 Towing And Tugboat Services
  Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing marine towing and tugboat services in the performance of auxiliary or terminal services in harbor areas. The vessels used in performing these services do not carry cargo or passengers.
  - Docking of ocean vessels
  - Shifting of floating equipment within harbors
  - Towing services, marine
  - Tugboat service
  - Undocking of ocean vessels
- 4493 Marinas
  Establishments primarily engaged in operating marinas. These establishments rent boat slips and store boats, and generally perform a range of other services including cleaning and incidental boat repair. They frequently sell food, fuel, and fishing supplies, and may sell boats. Establishments primarily engaged in building or repairing boats and ships are classified in Manufacturing, Industry Group 373. Establishments primarily engaged in the operation of charter or party fishing boats or rental of small recreational boats are classified in Services, Industry 7999.
  - Boat yards, storage and incidental repair
  - Marinas
  - Marine basins, operation of
  - Yacht basins, operation of
- 4499 Water Transportation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
  Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing miscellaneous services incidental to water transportation, not elsewhere classified, such as lighterage, boat hiring, except for pleasure; chartering of vessels; canal operation; ship cleaning, except hold cleaning; and steamship leasing. Establishments primarily engaged in ship hold cleaning are classified in Industry 4491; and those primarily engaged in the operation of charter or party fishing boats or rental of small recreational boats are classified in Services, Industry 7999.
  - Boat cleaning
  - Boat hiring, except pleasure
  - Boat livery, except pleasure
  - Boat rental, commercial
  - Canal operation
  - Cargo salvaging, from distressed vessels
  - Chartering of commercial boats
  - Dismantling ships
  - Lighterage
  - Marine railways for drydocking, operation of
  - Marine salvaging
  - Marine surveyors, except cargo
  - Marine wrecking: ships for scrap
  - Piloting vessels in and out of harbors
  - Ship cleaning, except hold cleaning
  - Ship registers: survey and classification of ships and marine
  - Steamship leasing