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Table 1: Summary of ocean vessel and seaborne cargo statistics

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1st quarter

% change over

1st quarter

1996

1995

Incoming ocean vessel

Number

Capacity (Mn. net registered tons)

9 862

+6

43.4

+11

Seaborne inward cargo (Mn. tonnes)

19.9 (54)

+3

Seaborne imports (Mn. tonnes)

16.3 (45)

+3

Seaborne inward transhipment (Mn. tonnes)

3.6 (97)

Outgoing ocean vessel

Number

Capacity (Mn. net registered tons)

9 875

+5

43.3

+9

Seaborne outward cargo (Mn. tonnes)

8.8 (89)

-1

Seaborne exports (Mn. tonnes)

4,8 (80)

-5

(domestic exports plus re-exports)

Seaborne outward transhipment (Mn. tonnes)

4.0 (99)

+4

Notes: (1) Figures in brackets denote the extent of containerization in percentage.

(2)

* Less than 0.5%