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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4,

1994

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TABLE

1:

SUMMARY OF SHIPPING AND CARGO VESSELS

OF STATISTICS

OCEAN-GOING

3RD QUARTER

1993

% CHANGE OVER 3RD QUARTER

1992

INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSEL

NUMBER

8,491

+16

CAPACITY (MN NRT)

39.4

+18

CARGO DISCHARGED (MN TONNE)

17.6 (45)

+15

SEABORNE IMPORTS (MN TONNE)

15.1 (38)

+14

SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT (MN TONNE)

2.5 (88)

+22

OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSEL

NUMBER

8,656

+15

CAPACITY (MN NRT}

39.6

+18

CARGO LOADED (MN TONNE)

7.5 (85)

+16

SEABORNE EXPORTS (MN TONNE)

5.2 (80)

+20

(INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT (MN TONNE)

2.4 (96)

+8

CONTAINERISATION

NOTES: (I)

FIGURES IN BRACKETS DENOTE THE EXTENT OF IN PERCENTAGE.

(II) STARTING

FROM

1993. OCEAN-GOING VESSELS HAVE BEEN REDEFINED AS ALL VESSELS OPERATING BEYOND THE RIVER TRADE LIMITS. IN CALCULATING THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGES, STATISTICS FOR 1992 HAVE BEEN RECOMPILED BASED ON THE DEFINITION.

TABLE 2: CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS

BY THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES OF LOADING

NEW

COUNTRY OF LOADING

3RD QUARTER 1993

% CHANGE OVER 3RD QUARTER 1992

(1000 TONNE ]

SINGAPORE

2.775

+52

JAPAN

2,252

+12

CHINA

2,000

+2

TAIWAN

1,900

+31

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

1,745

+15

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1,202

-7

USA

1,178

+4

AUSTRALIA

923

+9

THAILAND

392

+40

INDONESIA

386

-57

NOTES:

(I)

(II)

AND CARGO DISCHARGED INCLUDES SEABORNE IMPORTS INWARD TRANSHIPMENT.

SEABORNE

BEEN

STARTING FROM 1993, OCEAN-GOING VESSELS HAVE REDEFINED AS ALL VESSELS OPERATING BEYOND THE RIVER TRADE LIMITS. IN CALCULATING THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGES, STATISTICS FOR 1992 HAVE BEEN RECOMPILED BASED ON THE NEW DEFINITION.

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