FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1992
SHIPPING AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR OCEAN-GOING VESSELS IN 1991
LAST YEAR, 21,178 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 119.1 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 2,331 (OR 12%) IN NUMBER AND OF 6.8 MILLION NRT (OR 6%) IN CAPACITY OVER 1990.
THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT, 1991" PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN 1991,
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS WAS 52.9 MILLION TONNES AND REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 14% OVER 1990.
ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+1,243), OIL TANKERS (+738) AND DRY BULK CARRIERS (+211); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (-127).
ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY FLAG OF VESSELS, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+881), PANAMA (+221), LIBERIA (+104), SINGAPORE (+82) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+81); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN THE NETHERLANDS (-46)
THE NUMBER OF INCOMING SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 10,000 DEADWEIGHT TONS INCREASED BY 1,856 WHILE THE NUMBER OF THOSE WITH A LARGER CAPACITY INCREASED BY 475.
IN 1991, THERE WERE 21,217 OUTGOING SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 119.3 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 2,393 (OR 13%) IN NUMBER AND OF 7.1 MILLION NRT (OR 6%) IN CAPACITY OVER 1990.
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS WAS 23.5 MILLION TONNES AND REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 19%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, FLAG, AND CAPACITY ARE ABOUT THE SAME AS THOSE RECORDED FOR INCOMING SHIPS, AS ABOUT 68% OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 85% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 15% WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO. OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 64% WAS EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AND 36% WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.
IMPORTS WERE
THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE SINGAPORE (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 15% IN TONNAGE TERMS), JAPAN (14%), CHINA (11%), TAIWAN (9%), AUSTRALIA (9%), THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (8%) AND THE USA (8%).
/THE MAJOR