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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1986
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM SAMPLED MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT. WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, INCREASE WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+184), OIL TANKERS (+21) AND LOG-TIMBER CARRIERS (+13), WHILE THE NUMBER OF SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS AND ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS DROPPED (-45 AND -24 RESPECTIVELY).
INCREASES IN NUMBER WERE NOTED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+183), PANAMA (+31), SINGAPORE (+26) AND SOUTH KOREA (+17); BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE REGISTERED IN LIBERIA (-28) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (-23). THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 10 000 DWT (DEADWEIGHT TONS) INCREASED (+84).
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986, THERE WERE 3 224 OUTGOING SHIPS, WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 19.2 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 197 (OR 7 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 8 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985.
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM SAMPLED MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) ROSE BY 20 PER CENT. ABOUT 67 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 84 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 16 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO. OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 51 PER CENT WAS EXPORTS (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS) AND 49 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.
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THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TONNAGE TERMS WERE JAPAN (17 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (13 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (12 PER CENT) AND CHINA (11 PER CENT), WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE U.S. (21 PER CENT), TAIWAN (15 PER CENT), CHINA (8 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (8 PER CENT).
TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (28 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (17 PER CENT); AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (19 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (15 PER CENT).
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1985, INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA (+58 PER CENT), THE U.S. (+48 PER CENT) AND CHINA (+24 PER CENT); BUT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (-10 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (-6 PER CENT).
AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 15 PER CENT. AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES. INCREASE IN CARGO TONNAGE WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF LOGS AND TIMBER (+135 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (+57 PER CENT) AND INORGANIC CHEMICALS (+44 PER CENT)..
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