I dati definitivi del traffico merci realizzato nel porto di Hong Kong nei primi cinque mesi del 2004

Oggi l'Hong Kong Port Development Council ha reso noti i dati definitivi relativi al traffico delle merci registrato nel porto di Hong Kong nei primi cinque mesi di quest'anno. In questo periodo lo scalo asiatico ha movimentato 109,6 milioni di tonnellate, con una progressione del 9,1% rispetto al periodo gennaio-maggio del 2003.

diffusi lo scorso giugno (inforMARE del 16 giugno 2004).

Summary Statistics on Port Traffic of Hong Kong
May 2004
(Source: Hong Kong Port Development Council)

Total (Inward + Outward) Freight Movement

Year/ quarter	Seaborne	River	^<5>Road	^**Rail	Air	Total	Seaborne	River	^<5>Road	^**Rail	Air	Total
	'000 tonnes						Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1989	64,655	9,027	7,960	2,198	730	84,570	5.4	-10.4	18.1	-0.7	5.2	4.3
1990	66,008	9,287	12,412	2,217	802	90,726	2.1	2.9	^<5>	0.9	9.9	7.3
1991	76,445	11,147	17,398	2,082	850	107,922	15.8	20.0	40.2	-6.1	6.0	19.0
1992	^<1>83,446	^<1,2>19,333	22,548	1,912	957	128,197	^<1>	^<1>	29.6	-8.2	12.6	18.8
1993	96,100	22,038	28,581	1,612	1,139	149,470	15.2	14.0	26.8	-15.7	19.0	16.6
1994	110,947	30,079	32,570	1,491	1,293	176,380	15.4	36.5	14.0	-7.5	13.5	18.0
1995	127,175	28,732	34,290	1,313	1,458	192,967	14.6	-4.5	5.3	-12.0	12.8	9.4
1996	125,838	31,461	35,159	939	1,563	194,961	-1.1	9.5	2.5	-28.5	7.3	1.0
1997	133,301	35,928	36,408	712	1,786	208,136	5.9	14.2	3.6	-24.2	14.3	6.8
1998	127,482	39,688	36,152	462	1,629	205,413	-4.4	10.5	-0.7	-35.1	-8.8	-1.3
1999	128,222	40,616	38,415	466	1,974	209,694	0.6	2.3	6.3	1.0	21.2	2.1
2000	130,937	43,706	39,933	451	2,241	217,267	2.1	7.6	4.0	-3.3	13.5	3.6
2001	130,676	47,534	36,918	370	2,074	217,572	-0.2	8.8	-7.5	-17.9	-7.4	0.1
2002	138,301	54,210	39,373	385	2,479	234,747	5.8	14.0	6.6	4.0	19.5	7.9
2003	148,618	58,994	39,452	330	2,642	250,036	7.5	8.8	0.2	-14.3	6.6	6.5

2004
Jan	12,965	4,993	2,549	19	197	20,724	8.5	4.7	-23.5	-32.1	-0.5	2.2
Feb	11,833	5,229	2,982	21	223	20,287	17.3	31.4	41.7	-8.7	39.3	24.0
Mar	14,634	5,848	3,441	25	270	24,217	7.8	17.2	1.7	-32.4	14.1	9.0
Apr	13,499	5,124	3,300	25	248	22,196	9.6	-2.6	0.9	-24.2	22.2	5.3
May	13,489	5,141	3,277	24	^P 240	22,171	9.3	9.2	1.3	-17.2	^P 19.6	8.1
Jun					^P 250						^P 24.1
Jul					^P 260						^P 23.1

Cumulative
2004
Jan	12,965	4,993	2,549	19	197	20,724	8.5	4.7	-23.5	-32.1	-0.5	2.2
Feb	24,798	10,222	5,531	40	420	41,011	12.5	16.9	1.7	-21.6	17.3	12.0
Mar	39,432	16,070	8,972	65	690	65,228	10.7	17.0	1.7	-26.1	16.0	10.8
Apr	52,931	21,194	12,272	90	938	87,424	10.4	11.6	1.5	-25.6	17.6	9.4
May	66,408	26,333	15,549	114	^P 1,178	109,595	10.2	11.1	1.4	-24.0	^P 18.0	9.1
Jun					^P 1,428						^P 19.0
Jul					^P 1,688						^P 19.6

Inward Freight Movement

Year/ quarter	Seaborne	River	^<5>Road	^**Rail	Air	Total	Seaborne	River	^<5>Road	^**Rail	Air	Total
	'000 tonnes						Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1989	45,792	5,477	4,103	1,745	307	57,424	3.5	-8.9	16.4	0.9	7.4	2.9
1990	46,242	6,026	6,287	1,850	353	60,757	1.0	10.0	^<5>	6.0	14.8	5.8
1991	52,899	6,722	8,721	1,743	372	70,457	14.4	11.6	38.7	-5.8	5.5	16.0
1992	^<1>58,923	^<1,2>11,627	12,452	1,543	423	84,968	^<1>	^<1>	42.8	-11.5	13.6	20.6
1993	68,226	11,783	13,618	1,247	513	95,387	15.8	1.3	9.4	-19.2	21.3	12.3
1994	76,672	16,172	15,203	1,146	606	109,799	12.4	37.2	11.6	-8.1	18.2	15.1
1995	87,048	14,723	16,198	997	685	119,651	13.5	-9.0	6.5	-13.0	13.2	9.0
1996	86,694	14,235	17,343	684	734	119,689	-0.4	-3.3	7.1	-31.4	7.1	0.0
1997	91,950	15,563	18,333	537	840	127,222	6.1	9.3	5.7	-21.5	14.4	6.3
1998	90,104	16,747	18,465	324	775	126,414	-2.0	7.6	0.7	-39.7	-7.8	-0.6
1999	88,621	17,684	20,500	293	841	127,940	-1.6	5.6	11.0	-9.6	8.6	1.2
2000	88,003	18,932	22,142	318	953	130,348	-0.7	7.1	8.0	8.5	13.2	1.9
2001	88,506	21,966	20,409	273	894	132,048	0.6	16.0	-7.8	-14.1	-6.1	1.3
2002	93,444	26,284	21,085	283	1,004	142,100	5.6	19.7	3.3	3.6	12.3	7.6
2003	99,363	29,191	20,606	253	1,035	150,448	6.3	11.1	-2.3	-10.6	3.2	5.9

2004
Jan	8,393	2,425	1,381	15	81	12,295	7.9	-2.0	-22.9	-21.1	-0.2	1.2
Feb	8,217	2,233	1,479	17	90	12,036	11.8	28.3	49.4	6.3	25.4	18.4
Mar	10,058	2,719	1,795	20	100	14,692	7.5	9.2	5.2	-25.9	8.4	7.5
Apr	9,159	2,529	1,656	20	95	13,459	13.5	-0.6	-1.1	-13.0	16.8	8.6
May	9,027	2,501	1,688	18	^P96	13,330	8.3	4.0	1.3	-21.7	^P 17.5	6.6
Jun					^P 98						^P 18.8
Jul					^P 101						^P 19.8

Cumulative
2004
Jan	8,393	2,425	1,381	15	81	12,295	7.9	-2.0	-22.9	-21.1	-0.2	1.2
Feb	16,610	4,658	2,860	32	171	24,331	9.8	10.5	2.8	-8.6	11.9	9.0
Mar	26,668	7,376	4,655	52	271	39,023	8.9	10.0	3.7	-16.1	10.6	8.4
Apr	35,827	9,906	6,311	72	366	52,482	10.0	7.1	2.4	-15.3	12.1	8.5
May	44,850	12,406	7,999	90	^P 462	65,812	9.7	6.5	2.2	-16.7	^P 13.2	8.1
Jun					^P 560						^P 14.2
Jul					^P 661						^P 15.0

Outward Freight Movement

Year/ quarter	Seaborne	River	^<5>Road	^**Rail	Air	Total	Seaborne	River	^<5>Road	^**Rail	Air	Total
	'000 tonnes						Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1989	18,863	3,549	3,858	453	423	27,145	10.6	-12.6	19.9	-6.4	3.6	7.6
1990	19,766	3,262	6,125	367	449	29,968	4.8	-8.1	^<5>	-19.0	6.2	10.4
1991	23,546	4,425	8,676	339	478	37,464	19.1	35.7	41.7	-7.7	6.4	25.0
1992	^<1>24,524	^<1,2>7,706	10,096	369	534	43,229	^<1>	^<1>	16.4	8.9	11.9	15.4
1993	27,873	10,255	14,963	365	627	54,083	13.7	33.1	48.2	-0.9	17.3	25.1
1994	34,274	13,907	17,368	345	687	66,581	23.0	35.6	16.1	-5.5	9.6	23.1
1995	40,127	14,009	18,092	316	772	73,316	17.1	0.7	4.2	-8.5	12.5	10.1
1996	39,145	17,226	17,817	255	830	75,272	-2.4	23.0	-1.5	-19.2	7.4	2.7
1997	41,351	20,365	18,075	175	947	80,913	5.6	18.2	1.5	-31.4	14.1	7.5
1998	37,378	22,941	17,688	138	854	78,999	-9.6	12.7	-2.1	-21.2	-9.8	-2.4
1999	39,601	22,932	17,915	173	1,133	81,754	5.9	0.0	1.3	25.7	32.7	3.5
2000	42,934	24,773	17,791	133	1,288	86,919	8.4	8.0	-0.7	-23.4	13.7	6.3
2001	42,170	25,568	16,509	97	1,180	85,524	-1.8	3.2	-7.2	-26.9	-8.4	-1.6
2002	44,857	27,925	18,288	102	1,475	92,647	6.4	9.2	10.8	5.0	25.0	8.3
2003	49,255	29,803	18,846	76	1,607	99,588	9.8	6.7	3.1	-25.5	8.9	7.5

2004
Jan	4,572	2,568	1,168	3	116	8,429	9.8	11.9	-24.2	-66.7	-0.8	3.8
Feb	3,616	2,996	1,503	4	133	8,251	31.9	33.9	34.8	-42.9	50.7	33.3
Mar	4,576	3,129	1,646	5	169	9,525	8.4	25.3	-1.8	-50.0	17.8	11.4
Apr	4,340	2,595	1,644	5	154	8,738	2.2	-4.5	2.9	-50.0	25.8	0.5
May	4,462	2,640	1,589	6	^P 144	8,841	11.5	14.5	1.3	0.0	^P 21.0	10.5
Jun					^P 152						^P 27.8
Jul					^P 159						^P 25.3

Cumulative
2004
Jan	4,572	2,568	1,168	3	116	8,429	9.8	11.9	-24.2	-66.7	-0.8	3.8
Feb	8,188	5,564	2,671	7	249	16,680	18.6	22.8	0.6	-56.3	21.3	16.5
Mar	12,764	8,693	4,317	12	419	26,205	14.7	23.6	-0.3	-53.8	19.8	14.6
Apr	17,104	11,289	5,961	17	572	34,943	11.3	15.8	0.5	-52.8	21.4	10.7
May	21,558	13,927	7,550	23	^P 716	43,784	11.3	15.5	0.7	-45.2	^P 21.3	10.7
Jun					^P 868						^P 22.4
Jul					^P 1,027						^P 22.8

Port (Seaborne + River) Cargo Throughput

	Inward		Outward		Total
Year/ quarter	'000 tonnes	Year-on-year growth rate (%)	'000 tonnes	Year-on-year growth rate (%)	'000 tonnes	Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1989	51,269	2.0	22,412	6.1	73,681	3.2
1990	52,268	1.9	23,028	2.7	75,295	2.2
1991	59,621	14.1	27,971	21.5	87,592	16.3
1992	^<1,2>70,550	^<1>	^<1,2>32,230	^<1>	^<1,2>102,779	^<1>
1993	80,010	13.4	38,128	18.3	118,138	14.9
1994	92,844	16.0	48,181	26.4	141,025	19.4
1995	101,770	9.6	54,136	12.4	155,907	10.6
1996	100,928	-0.8	56,371	4.1	157,299	0.9
1997	107,513	6.5	61,716	9.5	169,229	7.6
1998	106,851	-0.6	60,319	-2.3	167,170	-1.2
1999	106,305	-0.5	62,533	3.7	168,838	1.0
2000	106,935	0.6	67,707	8.3	174,642	3.4
2001	110,472	3.3	67,738	0.0	178,210	2.0
2002	119,729	8.4	72,782	7.4	192,510	8.0
2003	128,554	7.4	79,058	8.6	207,612	7.8

2004
Jan	10,818	5.5	7,141	10.6	17,959	7.5
Feb	10,449	15.0	6,612	32.8	17,061	21.3
Mar	12,777	7.9	7,705	14.7	20,482	10.3
Apr	11,688	10.1	6,935	-0.4	18,624	6.0
May	11,528	7.4	7,102	12.6	18,629	9.3

Cumulative
2004
Jan	10,818	5.5	7,141	10.6	17,959	7.5
Feb	21,267	9.9	13,753	20.3	35,020	13.8
Mar	34,044	9.2	21,458	18.2	55,502	12.5
Apr	45,732	9.4	28,393	13.0	74,125	10.8
May	57,257	9.0	35,485	12.9	92,742	10.4

No. of Vessel Arrivals

	Ocean Vessel		River Cargo Vessel^*		River Passenger Ferry
Year/ month	No.	Year-on-year growth rate (%)	No.	Year-on-year growth rate (%)	No.	Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1990	20,360	7.2	54,140	7.8	48,300	2.8
1991	22,630	11.1	57,280	5.8	49,390	2.3
1992	28,260	^<1>	67,910	^<1>	53,000	^<1>
1993	33,040	16.9	76,780	13.1	55,840	5.4
1994	37,000	12.0	92,050	19.9	63,180	13.2
1995	41,480	12.1	109,270	18.7	64,480	2.0
1996	41,760	0.7	112,190	2.7	65,270	1.2
1997	44,480	6.5	122,760	9.4	66,220	1.4
1998	41,690	-6.3	124,610	1.5	65,000	-1.8
1999	37,580	-9.9	115,330	-7.4	59,930	-7.8
2000	37,680	0.3	119,180	3.3	59,810	-0.2
2001	37,350	-0.9	116,190	-2.5	61,200	2.3
2002	35,620	-4.6	119,520	2.9	63,340	3.5
2003	35,790	0.5	119,480	0.0	62,790	-0.9

2004
Jan	2,870	-5.9	8,360	-21.6	6,270	15.1
Feb	2,890	12.6	9,370	25.1	5,380	0.7
Mar	3,090	-2.3	10,420	-2.4	5,860	9.1
Apr	3,070	2.9	10,160	-1.2	6,120	31.8
May	2,870	-1.3	9,700	-4.7	5,910	39.7

Cumulative
2004
Jan	2,870	-5.9	8,360	-21.6	6,270	15.1
Feb	5,760	2.6	17,730	-2.3	11,650	7.9
Mar	8,840	0.8	28,150	-2.4	17,520	8.3
Apr	11,910	1.3	38,310	-2.1	23,640	13.6
May	14,780	0.8	48,010	-2.6	29,550	18.0

No. of Ocean Container Vessel Arrivals

	Semi-container vessels		Fully cellular container vessels
Year/ month	No.	Year-on-year growth rate (%)	No.	Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1990	1,050	9.4	8,390	8.6
1991	1,250	18.8	9,230	10.0
1992	2,480	^<1>	10,000	^<1>
1993	2,670	8.0	11,690	16.9
1994	3,150	17.7	12,940	10.8
1995	3,400	8.1	15,050	16.3
1996	3,300	-3.1	16,570	10.1
1997	3,990	20.9	17,840	7.6
1998	2,800	-29.6	18,740	5.1
1999	1,080	-61.3	18,460	-1.5
2000	490	-55.3	19,450	5.4
2001	530	8.9	18,900	-2.8
2002	550	3.6	19,020	0.6
2003	270	-50.1	22,340	17.4

2004
Jan	30	-19.4	1,880	3.5
Feb	10	-47.8	1,830	21.0
Mar	20	-9.1	1,980	4.2
Apr	20	-30.4	1,940	6.9
May	20	5.6	1,820	0.5

Cumulative
2004
Jan	30	-19.4	1,880	3.5
Feb	40	-31.5	3,700	11.4
Mar	60	-25.0	5,680	8.8
Apr	70	-26.3	7,620	8.3
May	90	-21.4	9,440	6.7

Total (Inward + Outward) Container Throughput

	Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>			Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>
Year/ month	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total
	'000 tonnes						Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1990	N.A.	N.A.	3,831	1,198	71	5,101	N.A.	N.A.	15.5	12.3	-10.6	14.3
1991	N.A.	N.A.	4,514	1,573	74	6,162	N.A.	N.A.	17.8	31.3	4.8	20.8
1992	N.A.	N.A.	5,079	^<1>2,461	^<1,2>432	7,972	N.A.	N.A.	12.5	^<1>	^<1>	29.4
1993	N.A.	N.A.	5,797	2,797	610	9,204	N.A.	N.A.	14.1	13.7	41.3	15.5
1994	N.A.	N.A.	7,278	2,839	933	11,050	N.A.	N.A.	25.6	1.5	52.8	20.1
1995	8,039	217	8,256	2,930	1,364	12,550	N.A.	N.A.	13.4	3.2	46.3	13.6
1996	8,218	468	8,686	3,045	1,729	13,460	2.2	115.3	5.2	4.0	26.7	7.3
1997	8,975	515	9,490	3,156	1,922	14,567	9.2	10.0	9.3	3.6	11.2	8.2
	^(9,049)	⁽⁵¹⁵⁾	^(9,564)	^(2,900)	^(1,922)	^(14,386)
1998	8,869	686	9,555	2,641	2,386	14,582	-2.0	33.2	-0.1	-8.9	24.1	1.4
1999	9,511	784	10,295	2,838	3,077	16,211	7.2	14.3	7.7	7.5	29.0	11.2
2000	10,664	938	11,603	3,033	3,462	18,098	12.1	19.7	12.7	6.8	12.5	11.6
2001	10,154	1,131	11,285	3,011	3,531	17,826	-4.8	20.6	-2.7	-0.7	2.0	-1.5
2002	10,584	1,308	11,892	3,326	3,926	19,144	4.2	15.6	5.4	10.5	11.2	7.4
2003	10,625	1,445	12,070	3,904	4,475	20,449	0.4	10.5	1.5	17.4	14.0	6.8

2004
Jan	873	129	1,002	363	357	1,723	-3.3	-2.7	-3.2	20.9	-4.0	0.8
Feb	704	135	839	374	327	1,541	2.2	40.7	6.9	71.5	27.1	22.2
Mar	851	194	1,045	502	392	1,939	-6.2	60.8	1.7	48.7	9.2	12.5
Apr	862	181	1,043	361	362	1,766	-5.1	52.7	1.5	9.6	-12.1	-0.2
May	931	199	1,131	332	346	1,809	5.2	95.3	14.5	7.5	-5.1	8.9

Cumulative
2004
Jan	873	129	1,002	363	357	1,723	-3.3	-2.7	-3.2	20.9	-4.0	0.8
Feb	1,577	264	1,842	737	685	3,264	-0.9	15.5	1.1	42.2	8.7	9.9
Mar	2,428	458	2,887	1,239	1,076	5,202	-2.8	31.1	1.3	44.8	8.9	10.8
Apr	3,291	639	3,930	1,600	1,438	6,969	-3.4	36.6	1.4	35.0	2.7	7.8
May	4,222	839	5,061	1,931	1,784	8,775	-1.7	47.1	4.0	29.2	1.1	8.0

Inward Container Throughput

	Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>			Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>
Year/ month	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total
	'000 tonnes						Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1990	N.A.	N.A.	1,830	663	37	2,531	N.A.	N.A.	14.3	15.4	-18.9	13.9
1991	N.A.	N.A.	2,161	861	37	3,059	N.A.	N.A.	18.1	29.8	-0.6	20.9
1992	N.A.	N.A.	2,428	^<1>1,284	^<1,2>220	3,932	N.A.	N.A.	12.4	^<1>	^<1>	28.5
1993	N.A.	N.A.	2,750	1,503	314	4,566	N.A.	N.A.	13.2	17.1	42.7	16.1
1994	N.A.	N.A.	3,397	1,595	477	5,469	N.A.	N.A.	23.5	6.1	52.1	19.8
1995	3,792	112	3,904	1,612	698	6,215	N.A.	N.A.	14.9	1.1	46.4	13.6
1996	3,894	253	4,147	1,625	881	6,653	2.7	125.2	6.2	0.8	26.2	7.0
1997	4,312	252	4,564	1,632	984	7,181	10.7	-0.4	10.1	0.4	11.8	7.9
	^(4,302)	⁽²⁵²⁾	^(4,555)	^(1,584)	⁽⁹⁸⁴⁾	^(7,123)
1998	4,253	393	4,646	1,458	1,180	7,284	-1.2	55.9	2.0	-7.9	19.9	2.3
1999	4,419	415	4,834	1,542	1,650	8,027	3.9	5.6	4.1	5.8	39.8	10.2
2000	4,982	524	5,506	1,700	1,773	8,979	12.7	26.4	13.9	10.2	7.5	11.9
2001	4,755	621	5,376	1,669	1,788	8,833	-4.6	18.4	-2.4	-1.8	0.8	-1.6
2002	4,994	711	5,706	1,775	2,011	9,492	5.0	14.5	6.1	6.4	12.5	7.5
2003	5,075	834	5,910	1,988	2,288	10,186	1.6	17.3	3.6	11.9	13.8	7.3

2004
Jan	405	^R73	478	184	188	850	-4.6	-9.4	-5.4	23.8	-4.2	0.0
Feb	362	^R73	434	221	153	808	-2.2	62.9	4.8	79.1	21.3	21.8
Mar	387	112	499	247	181	927	-8.8	70.8	1.9	37.3	-0.9	8.8
Apr	401	104	505	199	199	902	-7.0	54.6	1.3	21.4	-3.1	4.0
May	440	112	552	184	174	911	4.9	91.0	15.5	15.3	-10.5	9.4

Cumulative
2004
Jan	405	73	478	184	188	850	-4.6	-9.4	-5.4	23.8	-4.2	0.0
Feb	766	146	912	405	341	1,658	-3.5	16.4	-0.8	48.9	5.8	9.5
Mar	1,153	258	1,411	652	522	2,585	-5.3	35.1	0.2	44.2	3.3	9.3
Apr	1,554	362	1,916	851	721	3,487	-5.8	40.2	0.4	38.2	1.5	7.9
May	1,995	474	2,468	1,035	895	4,398	-3.6	49.6	3.5	33.4	-1.1	8.2

Outward Container Throughput

	Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>			Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>
Year/ month	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total
	'000 tonnes						Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1990	N.A.	N.A.	2,001	535	33	2,570	N.A.	N.A.	16.6	8.7	1.0	14.6
1991	N.A.	N.A.	2,353	712	37	3,102	N.A.	N.A.	17.6	33.0	11.0	20.7
1992	N.A.	N.A.	2,651	^<1>1,178	^<1,2>212	4,040	N.A.	N.A.	12.6	^<1>	^<1>	30.2
1993	N.A.	N.A.	3,047	1,294	297	4,638	N.A.	N.A.	15.0	9.9	39.9	14.8
1994	N.A.	N.A.	3,881	1,244	456	5,581	N.A.	N.A.	27.4	-3.9	53.6	20.3
1995	4,247	105	4,352	1,317	666	6,335	N.A.	N.A.	12.1	5.9	46.1	13.5
1996	4,324	215	4,539	1,420	848	6,808	1.8	104.7	4.3	7.8	27.3	7.5
1997	4,663	263	4,926	1,523	938	7,387	7.8	22.4	8.5	7.2	10.6	8.5
	^(4,746)	⁽²⁶³⁾	^(5,009)	^(1,316)	⁽⁹³⁸⁾	^(7,264)
1998	4,616	293	4,909	1,183	1,206	7,297	-2.7	11.3	-2.0	-10.2	28.6	0.5
1999	5,092	369	5,461	1,296	1,427	8,184	10.3	26.0	11.2	9.6	18.4	12.2
2000	5,683	414	6,096	1,333	1,689	9,118	11.6	12.2	11.6	2.8	18.4	11.4
2001	5,399	510	5,909	1,341	1,743	8,993	-5.0	23.3	-3.1	0.6	3.2	-1.4
2002	5,589	597	6,186	1,551	1,916	9,652	3.5	17.0	4.7	15.6	9.9	7.3
2003	5,550	610	6,160	1,917	2,186	10,263	-0.7	2.3	-0.4	23.6	14.1	6.3

2004
Jan	468	56	525	179	169	873	-2.2	7.7	-1.2	18.2	-3.8	1.7
Feb	343	62	405	153	174	732	7.3	21.3	9.2	61.5	32.6	22.7
Mar	464	82	546	255	211	1,012	-3.9	48.9	1.5	61.9	19.7	16.1
Apr	461	77	539	162	163	864	-3.4	50.1	1.8	-2.1	-21.1	-4.2
May	491	87	578	148	172	898	5.4	101.2	13.6	-0.8	1.1	8.4

Cumulative
2004
Jan	468	56	525	179	169	873	-2.2	7.7	-1.2	18.2	-3.8	1.7
Feb	811	119	930	332	344	1,605	1.6	14.5	3.1	34.8	11.8	10.3
Mar	1,275	200	1,476	587	554	2,617	-0.5	26.4	2.5	45.4	14.7	12.5
Apr	1,736	278	2,014	749	718	3,481	-1.3	32.2	2.3	31.6	3.9	7.8
May	2,227	365	2,592	896	889	4,377	0.1	44.0	4.6	24.7	3.3	7.9

Total (Inward + Outward) Container Throughput by ocean vessel and river cargo vessel

Year/ month	ocean vessel ^<3>	river cargo vessel	ocean vessel ^<3>	river cargo vessel
	'000 tonnes		Year-on-year growth rate (%)

1995	10,968	1,581	N.A.	N.A.
1996	11,263	2,197	2.7	38.9
1997	12,130	2,437	7.7	10.9
	^(11,949)	^(2,437)
1998	11,510	3,072	-3.7	26.0
1999	12,350	3,861	7.3	25.7
2000	13,697	4,401	10.9	14.0
2001	13,165	4,662	-3.9	5.9
2002	13,910	5,234	5.7	12.3
2003	14,530	5,919	4.5	13.1

2004
Jan	1,236	487	2.7	-3.7
Feb	1,078	462	18.9	30.8
Mar	1,353	586	8.7	22.2
Apr	1,223	543	-1.2	2.3
May	1,263	545	5.8	16.9

Cumulative
2004
Jan	1,236	487	2.7	-3.7
Feb	2,315	949	9.7	10.5
Mar	3,668	1,534	9.3	14.7
Apr	4,891	2,078	6.5	11.2
May	6,153	2,623	6.3	12.3

Percentage Distribution of Total (Inward + Outward)
Container Throughput by Handling Location

	Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>
	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%

1990	N.A.	N.A.	75.1	23.5	1.4	100.0
1991	N.A.	N.A.	73.3	25.5	1.2	100.0
1992	N.A.	N.A.	63.7	^<1>30.9	^<1,2>5.4	100.0
1993	N.A.	N.A.	63.0	30.4	6.6	100.0
1994	N.A.	N.A.	65.9	25.7	8.4	100.0
1995	64.1	1.7	65.8	23.3	10.9	100.0
1996	61.1	3.5	64.5	22.6	12.8	100.0
1997	61.6	3.5	65.1	21.7	13.2	100.0
	^(62.9)	^(3.6)	^(66.5)	^(20.2)	^(13.4)	^(100.0)
1998	60.8	4.7	65.5	18.1	16.4	100.0
1999	58.7	4.8	63.5	17.5	19.0	100.0
2000	58.9	5.2	64.1	16.8	19.1	100.0
2001	57.0	6.3	63.3	16.9	19.8	100.0
2002	55.3	6.8	62.1	17.4	20.5	100.0
2003	52.0	7.1	59.0	19.1	21.9	100.0

2004
Jan	50.7	7.5	58.2	21.1	20.7	100.0
Feb	45.7	8.8	54.5	24.3	21.2	100.0
Mar	43.9	10.0	53.9	25.9	20.2	100.0
Apr	48.8	10.2	59.1	20.4	20.5	100.0
May	51.5	11.0	62.5	18.4	19.1	100.0

Cumulative
2004
Jan	50.7	7.5	58.2	21.1	20.7	100.0
Feb	48.3	8.1	56.4	22.6	21.0	100.0
Mar	46.7	8.8	55.5	23.8	20.7	100.0
Apr	47.2	9.2	56.4	23.0	20.6	100.0
May	48.1	9.6	57.7	22.0	20.3	100.0

Percentage Share of Empty Containers (in TEU)

	Kwai Chung Terminals ^<3>							Stream & other berths^<3>
	Inward %			Outward %			Total	ocean vessel			river cargo vessel			Total
Year/ month	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	%	Inward %	Outward %	Total %	Inward %	Outward %	Total %	Inward %	Outward %	Total %

1990	N.A.	N.A.	29.5	N.A.	N.A.	7.1	17.8	18.1	13.4	16.0	29.5	36.0	32.6	26.5	8.8	17.6
1991	N.A.	N.A.	28.3	N.A.	N.A.	5.5	16.4	11.4	13.8	12.5	31.9	30.5	31.2	23.6	7.7	15.6
1992	N.A.	N.A.	27.8	N.A.	N.A.	4.6	15.7	^<1>9.8	^<1>15.3	12.4	^<1,2>40.5	^<1,2>25.8	33.3	22.6	8.9	15.7
1993	N.A.	N.A.	28.1	N.A.	N.A.	5.9	16.4	10.4	13.3	11.7	36.5	29.8	33.3	22.8	9.5	16.1
1994	N.A.	N.A.	19.7	N.A.	N.A.	7.8	13.3	8.7	14.2	11.1	38.7	28.1	33.5	18.1	10.8	14.4
1995	20.1	2.5	19.6	7.7	39.2	8.4	13.7	9.0	16.1	12.2	48.7	30.9	40.0	20.1	12.4	16.2
1996	20.2	13.3	19.7	7.9	22.7	8.6	13.9	13.8	14.1	13.9	53.9	29.2	41.8	22.8	12.3	17.5
1997	19.0	14.0	18.8	8.3	24.8	9.2	13.8	15.8	16.6	16.2	55.3	29.0	42.5	23.1	13.2	18.1
	^(19.1)	^(14.0)	^(18.8)	^(8.1)	^(24.8)	^(9.0)	^(13.7)	^(16.3)	^(19.2)	^(17.6)	^(55.3)	^(29.0)	^(42.5)	^(23.3)	^(13.4)	^(18.3)
1998	27.2	15.0	26.1	6.9	41.6	9.0	17.3	13.7	26.1	19.3	49.3	29.0	39.0	27.4	15.0	21.2
1999	27.1	12.6	25.9	5.1	35.4	7.1	15.9	11.8	20.0	15.5	53.6	31.1	43.2	28.9	13.3	21.0
2000	31.2	17.3	29.9	4.4	24.4	5.7	17.2	10.1	15.4	12.4	51.4	33.6	42.7	30.4	12.3	21.3
2001	31.0	16.4	29.3	4.1	18.4	5.4	16.8	7.9	11.7	9.6	44.8	37.6	41.3	28.4	12.6	20.4
2002	30.8	9.9	28.2	4.2	19.7	5.7	16.5	5.8	7.7	6.7	42.7	40.7	41.7	27.1	13.0	20.0
2003	29.6	8.9	26.7	4.3	19.7	5.9	16.0	7.1	5.7	6.4	37.6	39.9	38.7	25.3	13.1	19.2

2004
Jan	26.7	7.0	23.7	4.3	17.9	5.8	14.3	5.7	4.0	4.9	28.9	41.9	35.1	20.9	12.4	16.6
Feb	24.7	6.2	21.6	6.3	14.5	7.6	14.9	7.7	5.6	6.8	35.9	35.1	35.4	20.5	13.7	17.3
Mar	20.0	9.5	17.6	3.7	15.0	5.4	11.2	1.0	4.4	2.7	34.2	35.5	34.9	16.4	11.4	13.8
Apr	23.6	8.3	20.4	3.1	21.8	5.8	12.9	3.5	6.4	4.8	48.0	51.2	49.4	22.8	14.4	18.7
May	25.7	8.0	22.1	2.5	17.6	4.8	13.3	3.8	6.4	5.0	44.4	57.6	51.0	22.7	15.2	18.9

Cumulative
2004
Jan	26.7	7.0	23.7	4.3	17.9	5.8	14.3	5.7	4.0	4.9	28.9	41.9	35.1	20.9	12.4	16.6
Feb	25.8	6.6	22.7	5.2	16.1	6.6	14.6	6.8	4.7	5.8	32.0	38.4	35.3	20.7	13.0	16.9
Mar	23.8	7.8	20.9	4.6	15.7	6.1	13.4	4.6	4.6	4.6	32.8	37.3	35.1	19.2	12.4	15.8
Apr	23.8	8.0	20.8	4.2	17.4	6.0	13.2	4.3	5.0	4.6	37.0	40.5	38.7	20.1	12.9	16.5
May	24.2	8.0	21.1	3.8	17.4	5.8	13.2	4.2	5.2	4.7	38.4	43.8	41.1	20.6	13.4	17.0

Percentage of Containerisation for Seaborne Cargo

	Inward			Outward			Inward + Outward
Year/ quarter	Direct shipment	Trans- shipment	Total	Direct shipment	Trans- shipment	Total	Direct shipment	Trans- shipment	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%

1990	30.9	75.9	36.8	73.0	91.6	79.8	40.9	84.5	49.7
1991	34.2	85.4	41.6	72.2	94.2	80.2	43.7	90.0	53.5
1992	^<1>36.1	86.9	43.1	78.7	95.3	84.6	46.2	91.2	55.3
1993	37.9	88.1	45.2	80.3	96.9	85.9	48.1	92.4	57.0
1994	43.3	91.6	52.0	79.8	97.7	86.7	52.5	94.6	62.7
1995	43.7	96.5	53.3	78.2	99.1	87.1	52.1	97.8	63.9
1996	45.7	97.2	54.6	77.6	98.8	86.5	53.3	98.0	64.6
1997	46.7	96.9	55.5	77.9	97.6	86.3	54.2	97.3	65.1
1998	44.1	96.9	52.9	82.5	97.5	88.7	52.8	97.2	63.4
1999	46.9	95.0	57.6	91.8	98.1	94.6	57.8	96.4	69.0
2000	49.1	94.6	61.8	93.4	98.5	95.8	61.0	96.3	73.0
2001	45.7	92.6	60.1	94.0	98.4	96.2	58.1	95.1	71.7
2002	46.3	92.8	61.3	94.4	98.9	96.8	58.4	95.5	72.8
2003	46.3	93.5	62.0	93.3	98.8	96.4	57.8	95.9	73.4

2004
Q1	46.5	94.3	63.4	90.3	98.6	95.1	57.0	96.2	73.7

Cumulative
2004
Q1	46.5	94.3	63.4	90.3	98.6	95.1	57.0	96.2	73.7

Ranking of Container Ports of the World

Container port	2003		2002
	'000 TEUs	Rank	'000 TEUs	Rank

Hong Kong	20 449	1	19 144	1
Singapore	18 411	2	16 941	2
Shanghai	11 280	3	8 610	3
Shenzhen	10 650	4	7 614	4
Busan	10 408	5	9 453	5
Kaohsiung	8 843	6	8 493	6
Los Angeles	7 179	7	6 106	7
Rotterdam	7 107	8	6 506	8
Hamburg	6 138	9	5 374	9
Antwerp	5 445	10	4 777	10

Source : Container throughput of Hong Kong port : Marine Department
Container throughput of other ports : Containerization International 2004 ; and web sites of the relevant port authorities.

Explanatory Notes ^*Before 1999, river cargo vessel statistics included an incomplete count of pleasure vessels and fishing vessels plying within the river trade limit. As the number is insignificant, river cargo vessel statistics do not include these categories of vessels as from 1999. ^** exclude livestock transported on rail. ^<1> Changes in the definition of ocean and river vessels
As from 1 January 1992, the statistical systems on ocean and river vessel trips, containers and cargo have been completely overhauled and redesigned by Marine Department. Reporting procedures, methodology and quality control are enhanced, in addition to full computerisation.
Also, a new definition has been adopted by both Marine Department and Census & Statistics Department in compiling shipping, cargo and container statistics related to ocean and river vessels. The new definition is based on trade route and its difference with the old one is set out below.
Old Definition (until 31 Dec 1992)
Within 24 hours of arrival and before departure, vessels are required to report entry and obtain clearance either at Marine Department's Port Formalities Office (PFO) or its District Marine Offices (DMOs).
Ocean vessels are defined operationally as vessels completing port formalities at PFO. On the other hand, vessels completing port formalities at DMOs are defined as river vessels. In most cases, the latter are vessels below 500 gross registered tonne (GRT) plying between Hong Kong and Pearl River ports (including Macau).
New Definition (effective 1 Jan 1993)
The classification of vessels entering/leaving Hong Kong water into 'ocean' and 'river' is made on the basis of the 'river trade limits' defined under the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance Cap 313. The river trade area broadly includes the Pearl River , Mirs Bay and Macau, and other inland waters in Guangdong and Guangxi which are accessible from waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong.
Ocean vessels are those vessels plying outside the legally defined river trade limits and river vessels are those plying exclusively within the limits.
Because of the changes in definitions, 1992 figures were compiled on both bases so that comparative year-on-year growth rates for 1993 statistics can be derived. ^<2> A standardised manifest has been in use from 1 Apr 92 (trial period in Jan-Mar 92) to collect river cargo and container throughput data. ^<3> Starting from 1998, all figures except those on ocean trade empty TEUs are compiled by the Census and Statistics Department based on cargo manifests. On the other hand, figures on ocean trade empty TEUs handled in "Container Terminals" and "Stream and Elsewhere" respectively are based on returns supplied by the Terminal Operators and Marine Department General Declaration Forms. ^<4> Rounding of Figures
There may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total as shown in the tables owing to rounding. ^<5> Figures on road cargo are compiled based on a new estimation method, which has been adopted as from April 1999.

N.A. Not Available
P Preliminary figures
R Revised figures

# Figures are compiled based on a new estimation method, which has been adopted as from April 2001. ^{( )} Starting from 1998, a new series of container throughputs has been compiled. To facilitate comparison, figures for 1997 compiled according to the new series is presented in brackets.

Source:
(1) Seaborne cargo : Census & Statistics Departmen
(2) River cargo 1989 - 1993: Marine Department
River cargo 1994 - 1997: Hong Kong Port and Maritime Board
River cargo 1998 - 2002 : Census & Statistics Department
(3) Rail cargo : Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation
(4) Road cargo : Customs & Excise Department
(5) Air cargo : Civil Aviation Department