483113 Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing water transportation of cargo in coastal waters, on the Great Lakes System, or deep seas between ports of the United States, Puerto Rico, and United States island possessions or protectorates. Marine transportation establishments using the facilities of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Commission are considered to be using the Great Lakes Water Transportation System. Establishments primarily engaged in providing coastal and/or Great Lakes barge transportation services are included in this industry.

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:

• Providing deep sea transportation of cargo to or from foreign ports are classified in U.S. Industry 483111, Deep Sea Freight Transportation.
• Providing inland water transportation of cargo on lakes, rivers, or intracoastal waterways (except on the Great Lakes System) are classified in U.S. Industry 483211, Inland Water Freight Transportation.
• Operating tugboats in harbors are classified in Industry 488330, Navigational Services to Shipping.

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

Activities listed under 483113

The Census index assigns these 11 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Barge transportation, coastal or Great Lakes (including St. Lawrence Seaway)
• Coastal freight transportation to and from domestic ports
• Coastal shipping of freight to and from domestic ports
• Deep sea freight transportation to or from domestic ports (including Puerto Rico)
• Freight shipping on the Great Lakes system (including St. Lawrence Seaway)
• Freight transportation, deep sea, to and from domestic ports
• Great Lakes freight transportation (including St. Lawrence Seaway)
• Intercoastal freight transportation to and from domestic ports
• Lake freight transportation, Great Lakes (including St. Lawrence Seaway)
• Ship chartering with crew, coastal or Great Lakes freight transportation (including St. Lawrence Seaway)
• Shipping freight to and from domestic ports (i.e., coastal, deep sea (including Puerto Rico), Great Lakes system (including St. Lawrence Seaway))

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 483113

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 483113, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 800 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

• 483111Deep Sea Freight Transportation
• 483112Deep Sea Passenger Transportation
• 483114Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger Transportation