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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1990
SEABORNE EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 ROSE BY 13 PER CENT OVER THE 1988.
SOME PRINCIPAL
TOYS;
NOT ELSEWHERE ELECTRONIC
A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE EXPORTS OF COMMODITIES WERE CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS;
MATERIALS, OTHER OR GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS SPECIFIED; FOOTWEAR; COTTON TEXTILES; OTHER ELECTRICAL AND
AND
MANUFACTURED MISCELLANEOUS APPLIANCES AND PARTS ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.
ARE COMPILED
MARINE
PRIMARILY
ARTICLES,
NOT
FROM GENERAL SHIPMASTERS OR ENTERING PORT AND
STATISTICS SHIPPING
BY DEPARTMENT DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT. CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS
SUPPLIED BY
DEPARTMENT.
ALL CONSIGNMENTS BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF
FOR COMPILING PORT AND CARGO USED LISTED
THE IN
MANIFESTS IS
NOTES STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY OF THE REPORT.
CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND
IN ARE CONTAINED
THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING THIRD QUARTER OF 1989
AT NOW ON SALE WHICH IS STATISTICS REPORT JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1989".
GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CENTRAL, AT $23 FER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE
STATISTICS
TO THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 8234887.
SECTION OF
THE
DIRECTRD
CENSUS AND STATISTICS
HK REMAINS NO. 1 CONTAINER PORT
THE PORT OF HONG KONG REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE CONTAINER PORT THE WORLD,
IN
(TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT
UNITS)
A TOTAL OF 4.46 MILLION TEU'S WERE HANDLED IN THE PORT OF HONG KONG IN 1989, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THIS
HONG KEEPS
IN KONG
THE LEAD
POSITION
FOR
IN TERMS OF THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE
THROUGHPUT AMONG THE WORLD'S MAJOR PORTS YEAR, MR SZE ADDED.
/LAST YEAR'S