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MONDAY, JULY 9, 1934

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REPORT ON SHIPPING OUT

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LAST YEAR, 11 195 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF MORE THAN 68 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONS) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, ACCORDING TO THE 1983 ANNUAL REPORT ON +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ JUST PUBLISHED.

TWENTY PER CENT OF THEM SET OUT FROM CHINA WHILE 31 PER CENT CARRIED THE PANAMANIAN FLAG, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT'S REPORT SHOWS.

ABOUT 71 PER CENT OF THE INCOMING SHIPS WERE LINERS AND 23 PER CENT WERE TRAMPS. SOME 60 PER CENT OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY SHIPS COMING FROM CHINA, JAPAN, SINGAPORE AND U.S.A.

BUT IN TERMS OF CARGO TONNAGE, 47 PER CENT OF THE CARGO WAS DISCHARGED FROM LINERS AND 40 PER CENT FROM TRAMPS.

CONTAINER VESSELS CARRIED 27 PER CENT OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED, AND DRY BULK CARRIERS CARRIED 25 PER CENT.

LAST YEAR, 11 202 SHIPS LEFT HONG KONG, WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 68 MILLION NRT.

TWENTY PER CENT OF THEM LEFT FOR TAIWAN AND 18 PER CENT FOR

CHINA.

SOME 19 PER CENT OF THE CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY SHIPS DEPARTING FOR U.S.A. AND 18 PER CENT BY THOSE BOUND FOR TAIWAN.

ABOUT 94 PER CENT OF THE CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY LINERS.

ABOUT 53 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING VESSELS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN ONE AND A HALF DAYS.

IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT, 91 PER CENT OF THE INWARD CARGO WAS IMPORTS AND NINE PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT.

SIXTY-TWO PER CENT OF THE OUTWARD CARGO WAS EXPORTS (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS) AND 38 PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT.

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (21 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), SINGAPORE (17 PER CENT) AND CHINA (15 PER CENT), AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE U.S.A. (21 PER CENT), TAIWAN (15 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (EIGHT PER CENT).

TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED FROM CHINA (34 PER CENT) AND U.S.A. (24 PER CENT), AND TRANSHIPPED TO U.S.A. (16 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (NINE PER CENT) AND OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES.

'THE PRINCIPAL