What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Operators' websites and booking engines, OTAs and ferry price aggregators, public transport authority tariff schedules | Per route/date/fare class, snapshot in time | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National ship registers, EU/CCNR inland vessel databases (European Hull Database), flag-state authorities, boatmaster certificate registries | Per vessel, per certificate/licence | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and Eurostat (SBS, LFS), operators' HR systems, maritime/inland navigation unions, crew certification… | Annual per NACE class per country; per employee internally | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National marine accident investigation bodies, EMSA/EMCIP, river police and waterway authorities, P&I clubs and marine insurers | Per incident/casualty report | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National hydrological services and waterway authorities (water levels, ice, flow), meteorological agencies, operators' cancellation logs | Daily/hourly per gauging station; per cancelled sailing | public |
| waste & emissions | Operators' sustainability reports, environment agencies and port authorities (waste reception, emissions inventories), CCNR emission studies | Annual per operator/fleet; per waste delivery event | public |
| production output | National statistical offices and Eurostat (inland waterway passenger transport statistics), waterway authorities, operators' reporting | Annual/quarterly passengers and passenger-km per country/route | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Flag-state and port-state inspectorates, waterway police, classification societies, national inland navigation inspection authorities | Per vessel per inspection, with deficiency codes | public |
| geospatial/movement | AIS data vendors (MarineTraffic, Spire, VesselFinder), national maritime/river authorities (VTS, RIS/CCNR), operators' own AVL/GPS | Per vessel position message (seconds–minutes), per voyage | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | TripAdvisor, Google Maps, Trustpilot, OTA review sections, social media | Per review, per operator/route/vessel | purchasable |
| financial filings | Company registers (business registers, annual accounts), listed ferry/cruise groups' investor reports, credit bureaus (Bureau van… | Annual per legal entity | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Ferry and river-cruise operators, municipal transport authorities, ticketing platforms (e.g. Direct Ferries, OTAs), PSP/fare-collection… | Per ticket/transaction, per sailing | partnership |
| energy consumption | Operators (bunkering and shore-power records), fuel suppliers, port/terminal shore-power meters | Per bunkering event, per vessel per voyage, monthly aggregate | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Operators, reservation system vendors, city transport authorities collecting passenger counts (APC systems) | Per sailing/departure, daily and monthly aggregates | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Operators' fleet management systems, classification societies (Bureau Veritas, Lloyd's Register), shipyards and repair yards, flag-state… | Per vessel per inspection/survey/work order | partnership |
| customer demographics | Operators' CRM and loyalty/season-ticket data, tourism boards' visitor surveys, transport authority travel surveys | Per passenger/booking; survey-level aggregates | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Operators and vessel OEMs (engine/propulsion telemetry), fuel-monitoring vendors, onboard passenger counting and CCTV systems | Per vessel per second/minute time series | exclusive |
| communications/marketing performance | Operators' marketing teams, OTAs and metasearch partners, ad platforms | Per campaign, per channel, daily | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.