FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1994
SHIPPING AND CARGO STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS
FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994
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IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994, 8,262 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 36.7 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED AT HONG KONG.
THIS INFORMATION 18 CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT, JANUARY MARCH 1994" PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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THE FIGURES REFLECT AN INCREASE OF 8% IN NUMBER OF VESSELS AND 7% IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993.
DURING
VESSELS WITH INCREASE OF 7% 1993.
THE SAME PERIOD, THERE WERE 8,368 OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 36.5 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN IN NUMBER AND 6% IN CAPACITY OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 16.1 MILLION TONNE, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 9% OVER THE SAME QUARTER IN 1993.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS} AND SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 6.9 MILLION TONNE, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 22%.
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, 83% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE SEABORNE IMPORTS AND 17% WERE SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, AND 51% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE CONTAINERISED CARGO,
OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, 62% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS} AND 38% WERE SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, AND 86% TN TERMS TONNAGE WERE CONTAINERIZED CARGO.
THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.
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IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994, THE TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS (INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT) WERE SINGAPORE (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 17% IN TONNAGE TERMS), JAPAN (14%), CHINA (12%), TAIWAN (11%) AND THE U.S.A. (8%).
THE TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS (INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT) WERE CHINA (21%), THE U.S.A. (18%), TAIWAN (9%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (5%) AND SINGAPORE (5%).
THE ТОР FIVE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS IN TONNAGE TERMS INCLUDE PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (19%); COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETIES (10%); IRON AND STEEL (9%); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (8%); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (6%)
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