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In the 2014 port of Hong Kong it has enlivened 297,7 million tons of goods (+7.9%)
Confirmed the halving of the harbour taxes for the oceanic ships that use fuel to low sulfur tenor
March 10, 2015
In the 2014 port of Hong Kong it has enlivened altogether 297,7 million tons of goods, with a progression of +7.9% regarding 276,0 million tons in the year precedence. The goods to the disembarkation is piled to 184,2 million tons (+13.5%) and those to the boarding to 113,5 million tons (- 0.2%). We remember decreasing that the single traffic of the container enlivened last year from the port of Hong Kong has been pairs to 22,3 million teu, of the -0,3% on 2013 ( on 15 January 2015).
To find that in the 2014 total increase of the traffic it is produced mainly by the increase recorded in the first semester, with a +10.4% in the first trimester and a +12.3% in according to trimester, to which an attenuation of the come down trend of increase to +9,3% in the period July-september and +0,3% in the last trimester of the year is continuation.
In 2014, after two years of the reduction, the marine traffic of the goods enlivened by the Asian port has recorded an increase being itself attested to a total 197,3 million tons, with an increase of +7.1% on the year precedence. The increment is generated by the goods to the disembarkation, that pairs to 130,5 million tons (+12.5% have been), while the goods to the boarding pairs to 66,8 million tons (- 2.0% have totaled the third consecutive year of bending having been are).
Last year the fluvial traffic of the goods enlivened by the port of Hong Kong has been of 100,4 million tons (+9.4%), of which 53,7 million tons of cargos to disembarkation (+16.1%) and 46,8 million tons of cargos to boarding (+2.5%).
While last week the minister of Finances of Hong Kong, John C Tsang, introducing the budget of forecast 2015-2016, has announced the extension until the end of freedom of expression of 2018 of the program of reductions in price that a halving of the harbour taxes for the oceanic ships previews that use fuel to low sulfur tenor while they are berthed to the docks of Hong Kong.
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In the 2014 port of Hong Kong it has enlivened altogether 297,7 million tons of goods, with a progression of +7.9% regarding 276,0 million tons in the year precedence. The goods to the disembarkation is piled to 184,2 million tons (+13.5%) and those to the boarding to 113,5 million tons (- 0.2%). We remember decreasing that the single traffic of the container enlivened last year from the port of Hong Kong has been pairs to 22,3 million teu, of the -0,3% on 2013 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
