Disse data indsamles for nuværende udelukkende på frivillig basis af 18 medlemsstater for søtransport. Indsamlingen af data efter fragttype er allerede obligatorisk for europæisk vejgodsstatistik, jernbanetransportstatistik og statistik over godstransport ad indre vandveje.
At present, this collection of data is carried out on a purely voluntary basis by 18 Member States for shipping, with collection of data by type of goods already mandatory for European road, rail and inland waterways transport statistics.