| Table 6 : Summary of container statistics | ||||
| change over | change over | |||
| 4th qtr 2002 | 4th qtr 2001 | Jan-Dec 2002 | Jan-Dec 2001 | |
| ('000 TEUs@) | (%) | ('000 TEUs@) | (%) | |
| Port total | 5 068 | +15 | 19 144 | +7 |
| Laden containers | 4 016 | +14 | 15 322 | +8 |
| Inward | 1 801 | +14 | 6 921 | +9 |
| Imports | 864 | +6 | 3 449 | +5 |
| Inward transhipment | 938 | +22 | 3 473 | +15 |
| Outward | 2 215 | +13 | 8 400 | +7 |
| Exports (1) | 1 155 | +8 | 4 467 | +1 |
| Outward transhipment | 1 060 | +20 | 3 934 | +15 |
| Empty containers | 1 052 | +20 | 3 822 | +5 |
| Inward | 711 | +16 | 2 571 | +2 |
| Outward | 341 | +30 | 1 252 | +11 |
| Seaborne(2) | 3 686 | +11 | 13 910 | +6 |
| Laden containers | 3 106 | +11 | 11 912 | +7 |
| Inward | 1 302 | +8 | 5 128 | +6 |
| Imports | 642 | +2 | 2 604 | +4 |
| Inward transhipment | 660 | +14 | 2 524 | +9 |
| Outward | 1 803 | +14 | 6 785 | +7 |
| Exports (1) | 1 039 | +8 | 4 017 | +3 |
| Outward transhipment | 764 | +23 | 2 768 | +13 |
| Empty containers | 581 | +10 | 1 998 | +1 |
| Inward | 474 | +6 | 1 642 | +2 |
| Outward | 106 | +29 | 355 | -6 |
| River(2) | 1 382 | +26 | 5 234 | +12 |
| Laden containers | 911 | +22 | 3 409 | +13 |
| Inward | 499 | +34 | 1 793 | +19 |
| Imports | 222 | +21 | 844 | +7 |
| Inward transhipment | 278 | +46 | 949 | +32 |
| Outward | 412 | +10 | 1 616 | +7 |
| Exports (1) | 116 | +6 | 450 | -13 |
| Outward transhipment | 295 | +12 | 1 166 | +18 |
| Empty containers | 471 | +36 | 1 825 | +10 |
| Inward | 237 | +41 | 928 | +3 |
| Outward | 235 | +31 | 896 | +20 |
| Notes : | Figures may not add up to the respective totals due to rounding. | |
| (1) | Exports comprise domestic exports and re-exports. | |
| (2) | Seaborne refers to transport by vessels operating beyond the river trade limits, | |
| while river refers to transport by vessels operating exclusively within the river | ||
| trade limits. The river trade limits mean the waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong | ||
| which broadly include the Pearl River, Mirs Bay and Macao, and other inland | ||
| waterways in Guangdong and Guangxi which are accessible from waters in the | ||
| vicinity of Hong Kong. | ||
| @ | TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent unit which is a unit measure in capacity terms | |
| for different sizes of containers for moving the cargo. One TEU is equivalent to the | ||
| capacity of one 20'x8'x8' container. | ||