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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.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 488390 - Cargo checkers, marine
  2. 488390 - Cargo surveyors, marine
  3. 488390 - Drydocks, floating (i.e., routine repair and maintenance of ships)
  4. 488390 - Marine cargo checkers and surveyors
  5. 488390 - Ship dismantling at floating drydock
  6. 488390 - Ship scaling services not done at a shipyard

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

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 3731 - Ship Building and Repairing
  2. 4499 - Water Transportation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
  3. 4785 - Fixed Facilities and Inspection and Weighing Services for Motor Vehicle Transportation
  4. 7699 - Repair Shops and Related Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

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

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