483111 Deep Sea Freight Transportation

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing deep sea transportation of cargo to or from foreign ports.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing deep sea transportation of cargo to and from domestic ports are classified in U.S. Industry 483113, Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 483111

The Census index assigns these 5 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Deep sea freight transportation to or from foreign ports
• Freight transportation, deep sea, to or from foreign ports
• Ship chartering with crew, deep sea freight transportation to or from foreign ports
• Shipping freight to or from foreign ports, deep sea
• Transporting freight to or from foreign ports, deep sea

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 483111

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 483111, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 1,050 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 5012), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 50100Sea and coastal passenger water transportUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 483112Deep Sea Passenger Transportation
• 483113Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation
• 483114Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger Transportation