---
id: "transport_mode"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["transport", "shipping"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 55
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/transport_mode"
---

# Mode of transport (`transport_mode`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Kind of transport that carries goods or passengers, written as a word, for example Air, Sea, Road or Rail. Customs declarations and trade statistics record the mode of transport at the border. The coded form in trade documents is the one-digit code of UN/ECE Recommendation 19 (unece_rec19_transport_mode_code).

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport), Shipping and delivery (shipping)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical
- Patterns: `unece_rec19_transport_mode_code`

## Examples

- `Air` — Air transport
- `Sea` — Maritime transport
- `Road` — Road transport

## Translations

- ru: Вид транспорта
- fr: Mode de transport

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_of_transport>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334166>

## Quality

Score 55/100. Missing: regexp, negative example, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/transport_mode.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/transport/transport_mode.yaml>