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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1993

SHIPPING AND CARGO STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS

FOR THIRD QUARTER OF 1992

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IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, 6,868 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 34.5 MILLION NET REGISTERED TONS (NRT) ARRIVED HONG KONG, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1,349 (OR 24%) IN NUMBER AND OF 3.2 MILLION NRT (OR 10%) IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991.

THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT, JULY SEPTEMBER 1992" PUBLISHED TODAY {THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG FROM INCOMING SHIPS WAS 15.1 MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1% OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991.

ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SEMI-CONTAINER VESSELS (+369), CONTAINER VESSELS (+344), CONVENTIONAL CARGO VESSELS (+77) AND DRY BULK CARRIERS (+60).

ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY FLAG, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+390), PANAMA (+344), TAIWAN (+83) AND LIBERIA (+75).

THE NUMBER OF INCOMING SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN 10,000 DEADWEIGHT TONS INCREASED BY 1,009 WHILE THE NUMBER OF THOSE WITH A LARGER CAPACITY INCREASED BY 340.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, THERE WERE 6,844 OUTGOING SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 34.4 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1,313 (OR 24%) IN NUMBER AND OF 3.3 MILLION NRT (OR 11%) IN CAPACITY OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS WAS 6.8 MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 6%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, FLAG, AND CAPACITY WERE ABOUT THE SAME AS THOSE RECORDED FOR INCOMING SHIPS, AS ABOUT 70% OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS.

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 87% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE SEABORNE IMPORTS AND 13% WERE SEABORNE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO. OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 68% WERE SEABORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS} AND 32% WERE SEABORNE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

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THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 14% IN TONNAGE TERMS), SINGAPORE (13%), THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (12%) THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(9%), TAIWAN (9%), CHINA (9%) AND THE USA (7%); WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE USA (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 25% IN TONNAGE TERMS), CHINA (16%), TAIWAN (11%), JAPAN (4%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (4%), SINGAPORE (4%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (3%).

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