SSIC Division 52 – Warehousing and support activities for transportation

Companies in this division store goods or give services that support the transport of people and freight.

It includes general, cold and dangerous goods storage, car parks and towing, stations and roads, ports, shipping agents and ship managers, airports and ground handling, container depots, cranes and stevedores. Marine surveyors, classification societies, cargo surveyors and freight forwarders are also in this division.

Commonly registered businesses

• Freight forwarders, logistics providers and customs agents (52292)
• Shipping agents that act for ship owners at the port (52222)
• Ship managers that run ships for their owners (52226)
• General warehouses for merchandise, metals and commodities (52101)
• Ship brokers for chartering, sale, purchase, building and repair (52227)
• Marine surveyors and ship appraisers (52252)