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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1983

¡T REGISTERED TONNAGE OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERED

6,195,661

5.439,670

+ 13.90PC

CARGO DISCHARGED BY

CCEAN-GOING VESSELS

(IN TONNES)

2,569,877

2,067,770

+ 24.28PC

CARGO LOADED BY

OCEAN-GOING VESSELS (IN TONNES)

954,580

682,887

+ 39.78PC

TOTAL CARGO LOADED

AND DISCHARGED BY OCEAN-GOING VESSELS (IN TONNES)

3,524,457

2,750,657

+ 28.13PC

COMPARATIVE PORT STATISTICS FOR RIVER TRADE VESSELS

CARGO DISCHARGED BY

RIVER TRADE VESSELS

(IN TONNES)

376,170

293,880

+ 28.00PC

CARGO LOADED BY

RIVER TRADE VESSELS

(IN TONNES)

122,776

68,530

+ 79.16PC

TOTAL CARGO LOADED AND

DISCHARGED BY RIVER

TRADE VESSELS

(IN TONNES)

498,946

362,410

+ 37.67PC

TOTAL COMPARATIVE PORT STATISTICS

OCEAN GOING PLUS RIVER TRADE

TOTAL CARGO DISCHARGED

BY ALL VESSELS

(IN TONNES)

2,946,047

TOTAL CARGO LOADED

BY ALL VESSELS

(TONNES)

1,077,356

TOTAL CARGO LOADED

AND DISCHARGED BY

ALL VESSELS

(IN TONNES)

4,023,403

2,361,650

+ 24.75PC

751,417

+ 43.38PC

3,113,067

+ 29.24PC

PROVISIONAL FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST 8 MONTHS OF 1983 (JANUARY TO AUGUST INCLUSIVE) SHOW AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 25.4 PERCENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1982 IN RESPECT OF THE TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG.

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