VICTORIA CITY: The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for the second quarter of 2015.
In the second quarter of 2015, total port cargo throughput decreased by 11% compared with a year earlier to 68.4 million tonnes. Within this total, inward and outward port cargo decreased by 16% and 5% to 40.5 million tonnes and 27.8 million tonnes respectively.
For the first half of 2015, total port cargo throughput decreased by 6% compared with a year earlier to 136.8 million tonnes. Within this total, inward and outward port cargo decreased by 10% and 1% to 82.4 million tonnes and 54.3 million tonnes respectively.
On a seasonally adjusted quarter-to-quarter comparison, total port cargo throughput decreased by 8% in the second quarter of 2015. Within this total, inward port cargo dropped by 14%, while outward port cargo recorded virtually no change. The seasonally adjusted series enables more meaningful shorter-term comparison to be made for discerning possible variations in trends.
Within port cargo, seaborne and river cargo decreased by 15% and 4% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with a year earlier to 44.6 million tonnes and 23.8 million tonnes respectively. Within inward port cargo, imports and inward transhipment decreased by 16% and 15% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with a year earlier to 22.2 million tonnes and 18.3 million tonnes respectively. For outward port cargo, exports (including domestic exports and re-exports) increased by 18% compared with a year earlier to 10.6 million tonnes, while outward transhipment decreased by 15% to 17.2 million tonnes.
Within port cargo, seaborne cargo decreased by 10% compared with a year earlier to 90.4 million tonnes, while river cargo increased by 1% to 46.4 million tonnes in the first half of 2015. Within inward port cargo, imports and inward transhipment decreased by 6% and 15% in the first half of 2015 compared with a year earlier to 48.0 million tonnes and 34.4 million tonnes respectively. For outward port cargo, exports increased by 28% compared with a year earlier to 20.6 million tonnes, while outward transhipment decreased by 13% to 33.7 million tonnes.
The main countries/territories of loading of inward port cargo and countries/territories of discharge of outward port cargo are shown in Table 2 and Table 3 respectively.
