Nei primi cinque mesi del 2005 il porto di Hong Kong ha movimentato 108,9 milioni di tonnellate di merci (-0,9%)

L'Hong Kong Port Development Council (PDC) ha diffuso oggi i dati definitivi del traffico registrato nel porto di Hong Kong nei primi cinque mesi di quest'anno. Lo scalo asiatico ha movimentato complessivamente 108,9 milioni di tonnellate di merci, con un calo dello 0,9% rispetto al corrispondente periodo del 2004. Gli sbarchi sono ammontati a 65,7 milioni di tonnellate (-0,5%), gli imbarchi a 43,1 milioni di tonnellate (-1,6%).

La movimentazione dei container è stata pari a 8.768.000 teu (-0,1%).

Summary Statistics on Port Traffic of Hong Kong
May 2005
(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	39,943	330	2,642	250,527	7.5	8.8	1.4	-14.3	6.6	6.7
2004	158,617	62,262	40,474^R	272	3,089	264,714	6.7	5.5	1.3^R	-17.9	16.9	5.7

2005
Jan	13,335	5,428	3,264^R	19	247	22,293	2.9	8.7	25.7^R	0.0	25.4	7.3
Feb	11,383	3,853	1,980^R	9	205	17,430	-3.8	-26.3	-33.9^R	-57.1	-8.2	-14.2
Mar	13,257	6,356	3,399^R	23	291	23,327	-9.4	8.7	-3.2^R	-8.0	7.8	-4.0
Apr	13,678	5,789	3,411^R	21	285	23,184	1.8	14.6	-0.7^R	-16.0	14.9	4.5
May	13,758	5,418	3,202	19	269^P	22,666	1.7	4.5	-4.3	-20.8	9.4^P	1.5
Jun					280^P						12.7^P
Jul					289^P						12.7^P

Cumulative
2005
Jan	13,335	5,428	3,264^R	19	247	22,293	2.9	8.7	25.7^R	0.0	25.4	7.3
Feb	24,718	9,281	5,244^R	28	452	39,723	-0.3	-9.2	-6.3^R	-30.0	7.6	-3.3
Mar	37,975	15,637	8,643^R	51	743	63,050	-3.7	-2.7	-5.1^R	-21.5	7.7	-3.5
Apr	51,653	21,425	12,054^R	72	1,028	86,234	-2.3	1.4	-3.9^R	-20.0	9.6	-1.5
May	65,410	26,844	15,256	91	1,297^P	108,900	-1.5	2.0	-4.0	-20.2	9.5^P	-0.9
Jun					1,577^P						10.1^P
Jul					1,866^P						10.5^P

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	20,751	253	1,035	150,594	6.3	11.1	-1.6	-10.6	3.2	6.0
2004	104,612	30,242	21,561^R	208	1,164	157,788	5.3	3.6	3.9^R	-18.2	12.4	4.8

2005
Jan	8,785	2,824	1,775^R	14	93	13,491	4.7	16.5	25.4^R	-6.7	15.6	9.4
Feb	7,866	1,961	1,048^R	7	83	10,965	-4.3	-12.2	-29.0^R	-58.8	-8.3	-8.9
Mar	9,016	3,057	1,745^R	17	105	13,940	-10.4	12.4	-5.2^R	-15.0	4.8	-5.4
Apr	9,100	2,890	1,756^R	15	103	13,864	-0.4	14.9	-0.6^R	-25.0	9.2	2.5
May	8,918	2,795	1,664	15	102^P	13,494	-1.5	11.0	-3.9	-16.7	3.5^P	0.5
Jun					105^P						6.4^P
Jul					107^P						7.4^P

Cumulative
2005
Jan	8,785	2,824	1,775^R	14	93	13,491	4.7	16.5	25.4^R	-6.7	15.6	9.4
Feb	16,650	4,785	2,823^R	21	176	24,455	0.2	2.7	-2.4^R	-34.4	2.9	0.4
Mar	25,667	7,841	4,568^R	38	281	38,395	-3.8	6.3	-3.5^R	-26.9	3.6	-1.8
Apr	34,767	10,731	6,324^R	53	384	52,259	-2.9	8.5	-2.7^R	-26.4	5.1	-0.7
May	43,685	13,526	7,988	68	486^P	65,753	-2.6	9.0	-3.0	-24.4	4.7^P	-0.5
Jun					591^P						5.0^P
Jul					698^P						5.4^P

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	19,192	76	1,607	99,933	9.8	6.7	4.9	-25.5	8.9	7.9
2004	54,006	32,019	18,913^R	64	1,925	106,927	9.6	7.4	-1.5^R	-15.8	19.8	7.0

2005
Jan	4,550	2,604	1,489^R	5	154	8,802	-0.5	1.4	26.1^R	66.7	32.2	4.3
Feb	3,517	1,892	932^R	2	122	6,465	-2.7	-36.8	-38.7^R	-50.0	-8.1	-21.8
Mar	4,241	3,299	1,653^R	7	186	9,387	-7.3	5.4	-1.0^R	40.0	9.6	-1.7
Apr	4,577	2,899	1,655^R	6	182	9,319	6.4	14.4	-0.8^R	20.0	18.4	7.5
May	4,840	2,623	1,538	5	167^P	9,173	8.2	-1.8	-4.6	-16.7	13.4^P	2.9
Jun	175^P	16.9^P
Jul	182^P	16.1^P

Cumulative
2005
Jan	4,550	2,604	1,489^R	5	154	8,802	-0.5	1.4	26.1^R	66.7	32.2	4.3
Feb	8,067	4,496	2,421^R	7	276	15,267	-1.5	-19.2	-10.4^R	0.0	10.7	-8.6
Mar	12,308	7,795	4,074^R	14	461	24,652	-3.6	-10.3	-6.8^R	16.7	10.3	-6.1
Apr	16,886	10,694	5,729^R	20	644	33,973	-1.1	-4.8	-5.1^R	17.6	12.5	-2.7
May	21,726	13,317	7,267	25	811^P	43,146	0.9	-4.2	-5.0	8.7	12.6^P	-1.6
Jun	986^P	13.4^P
Jul	1,168^P	13.8^P

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	134,854	4.9	86,025	8.8	220,879	6.4

2005
Jan	11,608	7.3	7,154	0.2	18,762	4.5
Feb	9,827	-6.0	5,409	-18.2	15,236	-10.7
Mar	12,073	-5.5	7,540	-2.1	19,613	-4.2
Apr	11,990	2.9	7,476	9.3	19,466	5.3
May	11,713	1.2	7,463	4.5	19,176	2.4

Cumulative
2005
Jan	11,608	7.3	7,154	0.2	18,762	4.5
Feb	21,435	0.8	12,563	-8.7	33,998	-2.9
Mar	33,508	-1.6	20,103	-6.3	53,611	-3.4
Apr	45,498	-0.4	27,580	-2.5	73,078	-1.2
May	57,211	-0.1	35,043	-1.1	92,254	-0.5

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	35,900	0.3	117,540	-1.6	71,980	14.6

2005
Jan	3,230	12.7	9,980	19.3	6,060	-3.4
Feb	2,670	-7.5	6,810	-27.4	6,130	13.9
Mar	3,220	4.3	10,120	-2.9	6,450	10.0
Apr	3,230	5.2	10,100	-0.7	6,130	0.2
May	3,360	16.9	9,780	0.9	6,340	7.3

Cumulative
2005
Jan	3,230	12.7	9,980	19.3	6,060	-3.4
Feb	5,900	2.6	16,780	-5.4	12,190	4.6
Mar	9,120	3.2	26,900	-4.4	18,640	6.4
Apr	12,350	3.7	37,000	-3.4	24,770	4.8
May	15,710	6.3	46,770	-2.6	31,110	5.3

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	210	-21.6	22,660	1.5

2005
Jan	20	-36.0	1,970	5.3
Feb	10	16.7	1,610	-11.8
Mar	10	-45.0	1,940	-1.8
Apr	20	31.3	1,940	-0.2
May	20	0.0	1,940	6.6

Cumulative
2005
Jan	20	-36.0	1,970	5.3
Feb	30	-18.9	3,590	-3.1
Mar	40	-28.1	5,530	-2.7
Apr	60	-15.1	7,460	-2.0
May	80	-12.0	9,410	-0.4

Total (Inward + Outward) Container Throughput

	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total
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	11,271	2,154	13,425	4,204	4,355	21,984	6.1	49.1	11.2	7.7	-2.7	7.5

2005
Jan	977	193	1,170	339	387	1,896	11.9	48.9	16.7	-6.7	8.4	10.1
Feb	874	124	998	142	288	1,428	24.1	-8.2	18.9	-62.1	-12.1	-7.3
Mar	950	159	1,109	263	437	1,809	11.7	-18.1	6.1	-47.6	11.6	-6.7
Apr	1,009	160	1,169	245	424	1,838	17.0	-11.6	12.1	-29.2	19.5	5.4
May	1,048	137	1,186	221	391	1,797	12.6	-31.1	4.9	-36.5	10.2	-2.0

Cumulative
2005
Jan	977	193	1,170	339	387	1,896	11.9	48.9	16.7	-6.7	8.4	10.1
Feb	1,851	317	2,168	481	675	3,324	17.4	19.8	17.7	-34.8	-1.4	1.8
Mar	2,801	476	3,277	744	1,112	5,133	15.4	3.8	13.5	-40.0	3.4	-1.3
Apr	3,811	636	4,446	989	1,536	6,971	15.8	-0.6	13.1	-37.6	7.4	0.4
May	4,859	773	5,632	1,210	1,927	8,768	15.1	-7.8	11.3	-37.4	7.9	-0.1

Inward Container Throughput

	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total
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	5,340	1,214	6,554	2,267	2,268	11,089	5.2	45.5	10.9	14.1	-0.9	8.9

2005
Jan	466	92	559	216	222	996	15.3	26.5	17.0	17.2	17.9	17.2
Feb	432	67	499	86	150	736	19.4	-7.5	14.9	-60.9	-1.7	-9.0
Mar	470	83	552	154	223	930	21.4	-26.4	10.6	-37.5	23.7	0.3
Apr	489	88	577	155	209	941	21.9	-15.0	14.3	-19.8	6.8	5.3
May	506	72	578	136	189	903	14.8	-35.4	4.6	-30.4	4.9	-2.7

Cumulative
2005
Jan	466	92	559	216	222	996	15.3	26.5	17.0	17.2	17.9	17.2
Feb	898	160	1,058	302	372	1,732	17.2	9.5	16.0	-25.4	9.1	4.5
Mar	1,368	242	1,610	457	595	2,662	18.6	-6.1	14.1	-30.0	14.1	3.0
Apr	1,857	330	2,187	612	805	3,603	19.5	-8.6	14.2	-27.7	12.1	3.6
May	2,362	403	2,765	748	994	4,507	18.4	-15.0	12.0	-28.2	10.7	2.3

Outward Container Throughput

	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total
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	5,931	940	6,871	1,936	2,087	10,895	6.9	54.0	11.5	1.0	-4.5	6.2

2005
Jan	511	100	611	123	166	900	9.0	78.0	16.4	-31.2	-2.1	3.1
Feb	443	57	499	55	138	692	29.1	-8.9	23.3	-63.9	-21.1	-5.5
Mar	481	76	557	109	214	879	3.5	-6.6	2.0	-57.4	1.3	-13.1
Apr	520	72	592	90	214	897	12.8	-7.0	10.0	-41.0	35.1	5.5
May	543	65	607	85	202	894	10.5	-25.6	5.1	-44.3	15.6	-1.2

Cumulative
2005
Jan	511	100	611	123	166	900	9.0	78.0	16.4	-31.2	-2.1	3.1
Feb	953	157	1,110	178	303	1,592	17.5	32.4	19.4	-46.3	-11.7	-0.8
Mar	1,434	233	1,667	287	517	2,471	12.4	16.4	13.0	-51.1	-6.8	-5.6
Apr	1,954	305	2,259	377	731	3,368	12.5	9.9	12.2	-49.0	2.5	-2.9
May	2,497	370	2,867	462	933	4,262	12.1	1.4	10.6	-48.2	5.1	-2.5

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	15,475	6,509	6.5	10.0

2005
Jan	1,316	580	6.4	19.2
Feb	1,016	412	-5.8	-10.9
Mar	1,213	596	-10.3	1.8
Apr	1,254	584	3.8	9.0
May	1,269	528	-0.8	-4.7

Cumulative
2005
Jan	1,316	580	6.4	19.2
Feb	2,332	992	0.7	4.5
Mar	3,545	1,588	-3.3	3.5
Apr	4,799	2,172	-1.6	4.9
May	6,069	2,700	-1.4	2.9

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

Year/month	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>			Stream & other berths^<3>		Total
	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	51.3	9.8	61.1	19.1	19.8	100.0

2005
Jan	51.5	10.2	61.7	17.9	20.4	100.0
Feb	61.2	8.7	69.9	9.9	20.2	100.0
Mar	52.5	8.8	61.3	14.5	24.2	100.0
Apr	54.9	8.7	63.6	13.3	23.1	100.0
May	58.3	7.6	66.0	12.3	21.7	100.0

Cumulative
2005
Jan	51.5	10.2	61.7	17.9	20.4	100.0
Feb	55.7	9.5	65.2	14.5	20.3	100.0
Mar	54.6	9.3	63.8	14.5	21.7	100.0
Apr	54.7	9.1	63.8	14.2	22.0	100.0
May	55.4	8.8	64.2	13.8	22.0	100.0

Percentage Share of Empty Containers (in TEU)

Year/month	Kwai Tsing Terminals^<3>							Stream & other berths^<3>						Total
	Inward %			Outward %			Total %	ocean vessel			river cargo vessel			Total
	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	ocean vessel	river cargo vessel	sub total	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	28.6	7.3	24.6	3.4	19.6	5.6	14.9	4.2	7.0	5.5	39.5	46.8	43.0	23.5	13.7	18.7

2005
Jan	28.0	7.9	24.7	2.7	21.5	5.8	14.8	1.7	7.8	3.9	35.5	49.8	41.6	22.1	14.2	18.3
Feb	27.8	9.0	25.3	5.1	12.4	5.9	15.6	4.5	9.6	6.5	31.3	48.1	39.3	24.1	14.6	19.5
Mar	22.2	8.7	20.2	4.6	14.5	6.0	13.0	3.4	7.4	5.1	30.4	42.2	36.2	19.8	15.0	17.5
Apr	25.0	6.3	22.2	3.1	23.7	5.6	13.8	2.8	8.7	5.0	32.6	45.5	39.2	21.3	15.4	18.4
May	24.6	2.8	21.9	2.7	23.3	4.9	13.2	3.0	10.7	6.0	32.7	40.8	36.9	21.3	13.5	17.4

Cumulative
2005
Jan	28.0	7.9	24.7	2.7	21.5	5.8	14.8	1.7	7.8	3.9	35.5	49.8	41.6	22.1	14.2	18.3
Feb	27.9	8.4	24.9	3.8	18.2	5.9	15.2	2.5	8.4	4.7	33.8	49.0	40.6	22.9	14.4	18.8
Mar	25.9	8.5	23.3	4.1	17.0	5.9	14.4	2.8	8.0	4.8	32.5	46.2	38.9	21.8	14.6	18.3
Apr	25.7	7.9	23.0	3.8	18.6	5.8	14.3	2.8	8.2	4.9	32.6	46.0	39.0	21.7	14.8	18.4
May	25.5	7.0	22.8	3.6	19.4	5.6	14.0	2.8	8.7	5.1	32.6	44.9	38.5	21.6	14.5	18.2

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	49.7	94.8	66.4	93.9	99.0	96.8	61.2	96.7	76.7

2005
Q1	44.3	94.2	63.4	92.8	98.7	96.4	55.6	96.1	74.1

Cumulative
2005
Q1	44.3	94.2	63.4	92.8	98.7	96.4	55.6	96.1	74.1

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
**	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
( )	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.
#	Figures are compiled based on a new estimation method, which has been adopted as from April 2001.