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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1994
SHIPPING AND CARGO STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS FOR SECOND QUARTER OF 1994
IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1994, 9,288 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 41.3 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED AT HONG KONG.
THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT ENTITLED "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS, APRIL - JUNE 1994" PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE FIGURES REFLECT AN INCREASE OF 12% IN NUMBER OF VESSELS AND 9% IN CAPACITY OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993.
DURING
THE SAME PERIOD, THERE WERE 9,371 OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 40.9 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 11% IN NUMBER AND 9% IN CAPACITY OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993.
IN THE SECOND 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 20.9 MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 14% 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 8.6 MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 26%.
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, 81% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE SEABORNE IMPORTS AND 19% WERE SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, AND 51% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE CONTAINERISED CARGO.
OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS, 61% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) AND 39% WERE SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, AND 86% IN TERMS TONNAGE WERE CONTAINERISED CARGO.
THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.
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IN THE SECOND 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 18% IN TONNAGE TERMS), JAPAN (13%), CHINA (12%), TAIWAN (9%) AND THE USA (8%);
THE TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS (INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT) WERE CHINA (22%), THE USA (20%), TAIWAN (8%). THE NETHERLANDS (5%) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (4%).
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