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Table 1: Summary of ocean vessel and seaborne cargo statistics
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1st quarter
% change over
1st quarter
1996
1995
Incoming ocean vessel
Number
Capacity (Mn. net registered tons)
9 862
+6
43.4
+11
Seaborne inward cargo (Mn. tonnes)
19.9 (54)
+3
Seaborne imports (Mn. tonnes)
16.3 (45)
+3
Seaborne inward transhipment (Mn. tonnes)
3.6 (97)
Outgoing ocean vessel
Number
Capacity (Mn. net registered tons)
9 875
+5
43.3
+9
Seaborne outward cargo (Mn. tonnes)
8.8 (89)
-1
Seaborne exports (Mn. tonnes)
4,8 (80)
-5
(domestic exports plus re-exports)
Seaborne outward transhipment (Mn. tonnes)
4.0 (99)
+4
Notes: (1) Figures in brackets denote the extent of containerization in percentage.
(2)
* Less than 0.5%