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2012 Edition

national industry 488390

Other Support Activities for Water Transportation

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services to water transportation (except port and harbor operations; marine cargo handling services; and navigational services to shipping).

The immediate parent of national industry 488390 is international industry 48839: Other Support Activities for Water Transportation

Illustrative Examples

  • Floating drydocks (i.e., maintenance and routine repairs for ships) Ship scaling services
  • Marine cargo checkers and surveyors

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Ship painting:are classified in Industry 238320, Painting and Wall Covering Contractors;
  • Providing ship janitorial services:are classified in Industry 561720, Janitorial Services;
  • Operating port, harbor, or canal facilities:are classified in Industry 488310, Port and Harbor Operations;
  • Providing dredging services:are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction;
  • Providing stevedoring and other marine cargo handling services:are classified in Industry 488320, Marine Cargo Handling;
  • Providing navigational services to shipping:are classified in Industry 488330, Navigational Services to Shipping; and
  • Providing ship overhauling or repairs in a shipyard:are classified in U.S. Industry 336611, Ship Building and Repairing.

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 488390
2007 488390
2012 488390
2017 488390
2022 488390

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 488390, Other Support Activities for Water Transportation:

  1. dry dock shipbuilding
  2. fixed facility and inspection and weighing service for motor vehicle transportation
  3. marine appraiser
  4. marine appraiser or marine surveyor
  5. marine appraiser or surveyor
  6. marine appraiser or surveyor condominium office
  7. marine appraiser or surveyor office
  8. marine railway operation state act only
  9. marine railway operation u act f code
  10. office marine appraiser or surveyor condominium office
  11. office marine appraiser or surveyor office
  12. other support activity for water transportation
  13. repair shop and related service not otherwise classified
  14. ship building and repair
  15. ship ceiling or scaling
  16. ship cleaning
  17. ship repair conversion
  18. ship repair or conversion
  19. ship scaling state act only
  20. ship scaling u act f code
  21. shipbuilding dry dock
  22. shipwright operation
  23. stevedoring tallyer or check clerk engaged in connection with stevedoring
  24. stevedoring tallyer or checking clerk engaged in connection with stevedoring work
  25. stevedoring tallyer or checking clerk engaged in connection withstevedoring work
  26. support activity for transportation
  27. support activity for water transportation
  28. transportation and warehousing
  29. water transportation service not otherwise classified
  30. weigher or sampler or inspector
  31. weigher sampler or inspector of merchandise on vessel or dock or at railway station or warehouse
  32. weigher sampler or inspector of merchandise on vessel or dock or at railway station or warehouse coverage under state act only
  33. weigher sampler or inspector of merchandise on vessel or dock or at railway station or warehouse coverage under u act f code
  34. weigher sampler or inspector of merchandise on vessel or docksoratrailway station or warehouse
  35. weigher sampler or inspector or merch on vessel or dock
  36. wrecking marine
  37. wrecking marine coverage under admiralty law program i
  38. wrecking marine coverage under admiralty law program ii state act
  39. wrecking marine coverage under admiralty law program ii u act

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