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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1983

SHIPPING ACTIVITY DETAILED

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MORE THAN 2 800 SHIPS ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1983, ACCORDING TO THE SECOND QUARTERLY HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT.

THE REPORT, PREPARED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, COVERS THE PERIOD FROM APRIL TO JUNE 1983, AND GIVES THE ARRIVALS FIGURE AS 2 814. THESE SHIPS HAD A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17 110 000 NET REGISTERED TONNAGE (NRT).

IT ALSO REPORTS THAT OF SHIPS ARRIVING, 20 PER CENT SET OUT FROM CHINA, 43 PER CENT WERE CONFERENCE LINERS, AND 31 FLEW THE PANAMANIAN FLAG.

OVER HALF OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY SHIPS COMING FROM JAPAN, USA AND CHINA, 40 PER CENT WAS CARRIED BY TRAMPS, AND 29 PER CENT BY CONTAINER SHIPS.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, DEPARTING SHIPS NUMBERED 2 821 WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 17 117 000 NRT. OF THESE, 19 PER CENT LEFT FOR TAIWAN, CARRYING 17 PER CENT OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG.

OVER 95 PER CENT OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY LINERS, AND 70 PER CENT WAS CARRIED BY CONTAINER SHIPS,

ABOUT 55 PER CENT OF DEPARTING VESSELS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN 1-1/2 DAYS.

IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT, 91 PER CENT OF INWARD SEABORNE CARGO WAS SEABORNE IMPORTS, AND NINE PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT. FOR OUTWARD SHIPMENTS, THE PERCENTAGES WERE 60 PER CENT AND 40 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (21 PER CENT), CHINA (16 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (14 PER CENT) AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNÉ EXPORTS WERE USA (23 PER CENT), TAIWAN (15 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (EIGHT PER CENT).

TRANSHIPMENT CARGOES WERE MAINLY LOADED FROM CHINA AND USA FOR TRANSHIPMENT TO USA, PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE.

THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG BY SEA WERE PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (22 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (16 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS (INCLUDING CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER) (14 PER CENT).

HONG KONG'S SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE MORE DIVERSIFIED, THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES BEING CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (NINE PER CENT), METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (SIX PER ČENT), TOYS (FIVE PER CENT), AND COTTON GARMENTS (FOUR PER CENT).

THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS SYSTEM, TERMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS. A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1983, AND 13 STATISTICAL TABLES ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS.

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