Oltre sei milioni di teu a Kaohsiung nel 1998. Privatizzazione dei porti di Taiwan

Kaohsiung è terzo nella graduatoria mondiale dei porti per il traffico container realizzato nel 1998, dopo Singapore e Hong Kong. Nel porto sono stati movimentati l'anno scorso 6,27 milioni di teu, mentre il traffico complessivo è stato di 328,2 milioni di tonnellate di merci trasportate da 34.956 navi.

Nel 1998 Kaohsiung ha risentito delle conseguenze dei pesanti conflitti sociali che sono intervenuti nel corso del 1997, quando il porto ha vissuto il primo anno di attività dopo la sua privatizzazione. Il cambiamento di amministrazione comportò ben 4.000 tra licenziamenti e prepensionamenti. Il numero complessivo dei lavoratori è calato di due terzi, nel contempo c'è stata una riduzione del 20 per cento dei costi portuali.

Il processo di privatizzazione riguarderà ora altri porti di Taiwan, tra cui Keelung, Taichung e Hualien. Port of Kaohsiung
Traffic Statistics
(Source: Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau)

BREAKDOWN OF INBOUND AND OUTBOUND VESSELS & TONNAGE
Unit: Ship

	Total		Inbound		Outbound
Year	Number of Vessels	Total Tonnage	Number of Vessels	Total Tonnage	Number of Vessels	Total Tonnage
1991	22,933	341,080,340	11,465	170,336,216	11,468	170,744,124
1992	24,435	364,957,873	12,234	182,685,039	12,201	182,272,834
1993	25,760	422,566,140	12,888	211,428,123	12,872	211,138,017
1994	26,237	434,122,580	13,127	216,534,979	13,110	217,587,601
1995	28,622	481,047,149	14,317	240,123,544	14,305	240,923,605
1996	29,679	510,957,022	14,753	254,746,344	14,926	256,210,678
1997	32,685	552,028,135	16,345	276,368,901	16,340	275,659,234
1998	34,956	589,861,340	17,498	295,413,882	17,458	294,447,458

BREAKDOWN OF TONNAGE OF CARGOES HANDLED BY SHIPPING
Unit: R.T.

Year	Total	By ocean-going ship	By pipe line	By ship under 300 tons
1991	207,448,411	182,982,559	24,056,568	409,284
1992	214,198,142	187,346,943	26,391,874	459,325
1993	243,608,781	218,369,198	24,739,279	500,304
1994	251,377,685	225,510,210	25,326,098	541,377
1995	261,654,432	235,850,724	25,325,600	478,108
1996	266,929,121	234,607,788	31,881,241	440,092
1997	310,038,615	266,934,243	42,641,283	463,089
1998	328,288,682	286,437,707	41,850,975	0

BREAKDOWN OF IMPORTS & EXPORTS
Unit: M.T.

Year	Total	Import	Export
1991	77,126,007	61,454,088	15,671,919
1992	79,497,011	65,297,197	14,199,814
1993	77,053,269	62,984,086	14,069,183
1994	75,747,102	62,873,612	12,873,490
1995	80,930,061	65,511,162	15,418,899
1996	83,232,072	67,212,409	16,019,663
1997	97,347,181	77,654,594	19,692,587
1998	98,202,961	75,853,579	22,349,382

BREAKDOWN OF CONTAINER TRAFFIC (IN TEU)
Unit: TEU

Year	Total	Import	Export
1991	3,913,107.75	1,960,090.25	1,953,017.50
1992	3,960,518.25	1,982,511.75	1,978,006.50
1993	4,635,895.75	2,309,930.50	2,325,965.25
1994	4,899,879.00	2,420,140.75	2,479,738.25
1995	5,053,183.25	2,512,137.00	2,541,046.25
1996	5,063,048.00	2,523,896.00	2,539,152.00
1997	5,693,339.00	2,814,591.50	2,878,747.50
1998	6,271,053.25	3,062,479.75	3,208,573.50

BREAKDOWN OF MAIN IMPORTS BY PRODUCTS
Unit: GM.T.

		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
	Total	65,297,197	62,984,086	62,873,612	65,511,162	67,212,409	77,654,594	75,853,579
F o r e i g n C o u n t r y	Crude Oil	14,207,763	14,427,555	16,113,844	13,746,947	21,784,846	22,213,200	24,298,266
	Coal	8,994,288	11,284,073	11,232,978	12,209,256	12,802,753	15,157,482	13,771,712
	Ores	7,469,165	7,039,257	7,019,453	8,489,258	8,784,918	11,780,265	12,189,587
	Chemicals & Products	9,482,116	8,094,491	6,229,445	6,813,893	5,295,597	7,120,778	6,304,993
	Agricultural Products	5,461,177	4,503,483	5,360,411	5,778,215	4,500,349	4,436,524	2,924,774
	Basic Metals & Products	8,412,889	7,491,734	5,200,800	6,227,034	4,141,596	6,781,187	5,923,644
	Other Products	10,186,336	8,749,334	9,951,469	10,111,140	8,241,987	9,696,713	9,485,162
R. O. C.	Nonmetallic Minerals	674,426	641,754	1,264,969	1,352,031	934,5	0	204,602
	Nonmetallic Minerals Products	368,455	516,379	450,001	783,387	699,298	421,484	714,045
	Other Products	40,582	236,026	50,242	1	26,565	46,961	23,794

BREAKDOWN OF MAIN EXPORTS BY PRODUCTS
Unit: GM.T.

		1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
	Total	14,199,814	14,069,183	12,873,490	15,418,899	16,019,663	19,692,587	22,349,382
F o r e i g n C o u n t r y	Basic Metals & Products	2,076,187	2,499,793	2,554,021	2,461,253	1,999,052	2,320,270	2,301,428
	Chemicals & Products	1,345,187	1,305,127	1,044,099	1,487,552	1,493,518	3,132,806	2,322,690
	Processed Food	342,538	258,557	196,572	252,971	243,443	93,075	148,39
	Wood Bamboo & Rattan Products	222,237	133,885	100,19	101,147	97,03	124,073	131,19
	Rubber & Plastic Products	395,585	301,87	388,351	306,256	246,611	226,551	624,058
	Agricultural Products	258,964	434,448	151,618	147,581	132,83	75,147	84,338
	Other Products	2,822,003	2,960,013	2,971,569	3,604,481	5,313,914	5,671,772	7,621,023
R. O. C.	Fuel Oil & Gasoline	4,721,600	3,664,300	2,769,401	4,453,000	3,837,692	5,398,000	7,001,500
	Minerals	1,847,532	2,124,811	2,447,611	2,560,600	2,572,400	2,493,200	1,996,800
	Other Products	167,981	386,379	250,058	44,058	83,173	157,693	117,965