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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1985
FIRST QUARTER SHIPPING STATISTICS RELEASED
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IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985, 3 016 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17.6 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONNAGE) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 184 IN NUMBER AND OF 5 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1984, ACCORDING TO THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT WHILST THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (MEASURED IN TEUS) DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG ROSE BY 15 PER CENT.
WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+123) AND ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (+58), WHILE THE NUMBER OF CONVENTIONAL CARGO VESSELS AND OIL TANKERS DROPPED (-96 AND -40 RESPECTIVELY).
INCREASES IN NUMBER WERE NOTED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+87) AND IN THE PHILIPPINES (+30), BUT THERE WAS A DECLINE FOR SINGAPOREAN SHIPS (-42). THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WITH CAPACITY UNDER 10 000 DWT INCREASED (+170).
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IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985, THERE WERE 3 027 DEPARTING SHIPS, WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17.7 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 156 IN NUMBER AND OF 5 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1984. THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS ROSE BY 13 PER CENT, AND THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS (MEASURED IN TEUS) LOADED IN HONG KONG ALSO ROSE BY 12 PER CENT. ABOUT 69 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING VESSELS HAD STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
BASED ON INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS, 87 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT OF THE INWARD SEABORNE CARGO
CF THE WAS IMPORTS AND 13 PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT. OUTWARD SEABORNE CARGO, 56 PER CENT WAS EXPORTS (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS) AND 44 PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT.
THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT WERE JAPAN (19 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (16 PER CENT) THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (11 PER CENT) AND CHINA (10 PER CENT), AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE U.S.A. (20 PER CENT), CHINA (17 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (14 PER CENT).
TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN THE U.S.A. (34 PER CENT) AND CHINA (26 PER CENT), AND TRANSHIPPED TO CHINA (19 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (16 PER CENT).
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