SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1984
HONG KONG SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS
FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983
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THE THIRD QUARTERLY REPORT ON +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+. PREPARED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, AND COVERING THE PERIOD JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1983 IS ON SALE TODAY. IT CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM, TERMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS, A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983, AND 13 STATISTICAL TABLES ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS.
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983, 2 821 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17 388 THOUSAND NRT (NET REGISTERED TONNAGE) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG. OF THESE, 20 PER CENT SET OUT FROM CHINA, 41 PER CENT WERE CONFERENCE LINERS, AND 30 PER CENT WERE OF PANAMANIAN FLAG. OVER 60 PER CENT OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY SHIPS COMING FROM SINGAPORE, CHINA, JAPAN AND THE U.S.A.,
40 PER CENT BY TRAMPS, AND 27 PER CENT BY CONTAINER SHIPS. IN THE SAME PERIOD, DEPARTING SHIPS NUMBERED 2 809 WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17 204 THOUSAND NRT. OF THESE, 20 PER CENT LEFT FOR TAIWAN, CARRYING 18 PER CENT OF THE CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG. AS REGARDS TYPE OF SHIPPING SERVICE, ABOUT 95 PER CENT OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY LINERS, WHILE BY TYPE OF SHIP 69 PER CENT WAS CARRIED BY CONTAINER SHIPS. ABOUT 52 PER CENT OF DEPARTING VESSELS HAD STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN 1-1/2 DAYS.
IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT, 91 PER CENT OF INWARD SEABORNE CARGO
FOR WAS SEABORNE IMPORTS, AND 9 PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT. OUTWARD SHIPMENTS, THE PERCENTAGES WERE 63 PER CENT AND 37 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY. THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (21 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (19 PER CENT) AND CHINA (14 PER CENT), AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE U.S.A. (22 PER CENT), TAIWAN (17 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (9 PER CENT). TRANSHIPMENT CARGOES WERE MAINLY LOADED FROM CHINA AND THE U.S.A. FOR TRANSHIPMENT TO U.S.A. PHILIPPINES, THAILAND AND SINGAPORE.
THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG BY SEA WERE PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (25 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (15 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS (INCLUDING CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER) (13 PER CENT). SEABORNE EXPORTS OF HONG KONG WERE MORE DIVERSIFIED, THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES BEING CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (13 PER CENT), TOYS (7 PER CENT), METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (5 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (4 PER CENT).
METALLIFEROUS
/THESE STATISTICS