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WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, MAJOR INCREASES
WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF OIL TANKERS (+234) AND CONTAINER VESSELS (+150), WHILE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (-38), SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (-30) AND CONVENTIONAL CARGO VESSELS (-25).
INCREASES WERE (+213), PANAMA DECREASES WERE
WHEN ANALYSED BY FLAG OF VESSELS, MAJOR RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED
IN CHINA (+80), LIBERIA (+36) AND SINGAPORE (+22), WHILE MAJOR RECORDED IN THOSE REGISTERED IN JAPAN (-29), TAIWAN (-28) AND THE PHILIPPINES (-16).
THE NUMBER OF INCOMING SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 10,000 DEADWEIGHT TONS INCREASED BY 242 WHILST THE NUMBER OF THOSE WITH A LARGER CAPACITY INCREASED BY 69.
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989, THERE WERE 4,608 OUTGOING SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 27.9 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 348 (OR 8 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 1.9 MILLION NRT (OR B PER CENT) IN CAPACITY OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988.
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM A SAMPLE OF MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) ROSE BY 11 PER CENT. ABOUT 68 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 85 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 15 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.
OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 62 PER CENT WAS EXPORTS ( (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AND 38 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO,
THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TONNAGE TERMS WERE SINGAPORE (20 PER CENT), JAPAN (14 PER CENT), CHINA (13 PER CENT), SOUTH AFRICA (13 PER CENT), TAIWAN (9 PER CENT) AND THE USA (6 PER CENT); WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE USA (21 PER CENT), CHINA (18 PER
CENT), TAIWAN (11
PER CENT), SINGAPORE (5 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (5 PER CENT).
TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (34 PER CENT) AND THE USA (16 PER CENT), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (19 PER CENT) AND THE USA (13 PER CENT).
COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE (+41 PER CENT), CHINA (+20 PER CENT), INDONESIA (+19 PER CENT) AND THE USA (+14 PER CENT); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA (-33 PER CENT), SOUTH AFRICA (-21 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (-14 PER CENT).
AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS DROPPED BY PER CENT.
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