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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1991

THIRD QUARTER 1990 SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS RELEASED

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, 4,982 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 29.5 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG,

1.1 REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 377 (OR 8 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF MILLION NRT (OR 4 PER CENT) IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989.

THIS IS RELEASED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1990" PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DISCHARGED

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO SAMPLE IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS (ESTIMATED FROM A

INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT OVER THE OF MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS)

THIRD QUARTER OF 1989.

WHEN ANALYSED BY SHIP TYPE, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF CONTAINER VESSELS (+213), CONVENTIONAL CARGO VESSELS (+116) AND GAS CARRIERS/TANKERS (+36).

WHEN ANALYSED BY FLAG OF VESSELS, MAJOR INCREASES WERK RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN PANAMA

CHINA (+99), (+102), LIBERIA ( +58), NORWAY (+20), SOUTH KOREA (+20) AND TAIWAN (+15), WHILE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE REGISTERED IN THE (-16) AND JAPAN (-11).

THE

NETHERLANDS

LESS THAN OF THOSE

NUMBER OF

OF INCOMING SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY 10,000

TONS INCREASED BY 216 WHILST THE NUMBER DEADWEIGHT WITH A LARGER CAPACITY INCREASED BY 161.

SHIPS

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, THERE WERE 4,947 OUTGOING WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 29.1 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 349 (OR 8 PER CENT) IN NUMBER AND OF 1.0 MILLION NRT (OR 4 PER IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989.

CENT)

THE

TONNAGE TOTAL

OF CARGO LOADED ONTO

OUTGOING

SHIPS

(ESTIMATED FROM A SAMPLE OF MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) ROSE BY 3 PER CENT. LESS ABOUT 68 PER CENT OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR THAN TWO DAYS.

CENT IN

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 89 PER TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 11 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

OF

THE

66 PER CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AND 34 WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

WAS CENT PER CENT

TONNAGE (11 PER

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TERMS WERE SINGAPORE (16 PER CENT), JAPAN (13 PER CENT), CHINA ( CENT), AUSTRALIA (11 PER CENT), SOUTH AFRICA (10 PER CENT), TAIWAN PER

AND

MAJOR COUNTRIES THE USA (7 PER CENT), WHILE THE CENT) DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE USA (21 PER CENT), CHINA PER CENT), TAIWAN (12 PER CENT), JAPAN (6 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE PER CENT).

(8

OF

(15

(5

/TRANSHIPMENT CARGO