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Figures on ocean vessel and cargo for first quarter of 1995
In the first quarter of 1995, 9,278 ocean vessels with a total capacity of 39.2 million net registered tons (being a unit of measure in volume terms of the space of a vessel available for carrying passengers or goods, one net registered ton equals 100 cubic feet) arrived at Hong Kong.
This information is contained in the report entitled Hong Kong Shipping Statistics, January-March 1995 published today (Friday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
The figures reflected an increase of 12% in number of vessels and 7% in capacity over the first quarter of 1994.
During the same period, there were 9,415 outgoing ocean vessels with a total capacity of 39.8 million net registered tons, representing an increase of 13% in number and 9% in capacity over the first quarter of 1994.
In the first quarter of 1995, the total tonnage of seaborne inward cargo comprising seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment, was estimated to be 19.4 million tonnes, representing an increase of 21% over the same quarter in 1994.
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During the same period, the total tonnage of seaborne outward cargo comprising seaborne exports (domestic exports plus re-exports) and seaborne outward transhipment, was estimated to be 8.9 million tonnes, representing an increase of 29%.
Of the seaborne inward cargo, 81% in terms of tonnage were seaborne imports and 19% were seaborne inward transhipment. Among these cargoes, 52% were containerised.
Of the seaborne outward cargo, 56% in terms of tonnage were seaborne exports (domestic exports plus re-exports) and 44% were seaborne outward transhipment. Eighty-six per cent of them were containerised cargo.
The above statistics are summarised in Table 1.
In the first quarter of 1995, the top five countries of loading for seaborne inward cargo (comprising seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment) were Singapore (which accounted for 20% in tonnage terms), Japan (13%), China (12%), Taiwan (11%) and the Republic of Korea (8%). The top five countries of discharge for seaborne outward cargo (comprising seaborne exports and seaborne outward transhipment) were China (21%), U.S.A. (18%), Taiwan (8%), Japan (6%) and the Federal Republic of Germany (5%).