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SHIPPING REPORT FOR 1985 RELEASED *****

LAST YEAR, 13 076 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 76.6 MILLION NRT (NET REGISTERED TONS) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 12 PER CENT IN NUMBER AND OF 11 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER 1984. ACCORDING TO THE 1985 ANNUAL REPORT ON +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DURING THE YEAR, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM SAMPLED MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT. WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE. NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+676), DRY BULK CARRIERS (+218), ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF VESSELS (+163) AND SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (+114), WHILE THE NUMBER OF OIL TANKERS DECLINED (-97).

INCREASES IN NUMBER WERE NOTED FOR SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+473), PANAMA (+436), THE PHILIPPINES (+130) AND TAIWAN (+85); BUT A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SINGAPOREAN SHIPS (-72). THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 10 000 DWT INCREASED (+1 070).

LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 13 047 OUTGOING SHIPS, WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 76.6 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1 331 (OR 11 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 11 PER CENT IN CAPACITY OVER 1984. THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM SAMPLED MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) ROSE BY 13 PER CENT. ABOUT 67 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 86 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE REPRESENTED IMPORTS AND 14 PËR CENT TRANSHIPMENT CARGO. OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 57 PER CENT WAS EXPORTS (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS) AND 43 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TONNAGE TERMS WERE JAPAN (18 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (15 PER CENT) THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (11 PER CENT), CHINA (10 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (10 PER CENT), WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE V.S. (20 PER CENT), CHINA (19 PER CENT), TAIWAN (13 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (6 PER CENT).

TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN THE U.S. (29 PER CENT) AND CHINA (26 PER CENT); AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (24 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (14 PER CENT).

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