Maritime Sector in Hong Kong - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)

Hong Kong is one of the major international trading hubs with a significant amount of logistics-related transport. The Port of Hong Kong was marked as the busiest trading region with its strategic location and well-established port infrastructure. Owing to the increasing number of direct shipping routes and the development of the Chinese mainland port infrastructure, the maritime industry in Hong Kong has experienced a decreased trend during the period 2012-2016 in terms of container throughput. Hong Kong has been serving as a leading trans-shipment hub for the Chinese mainland and provinces from major regions across the world since many years. But the significant developments and expansions in the Chinese maritime sector and the growth of the Chinese alternative modal transport with Western areas have restrained the growth of the Hong Kong industry. But the shipping industry witnessed an increased trend in the past two years. For instance, the container throughput of the port of Hong Kong stood at 20.77 TEUs in 2017, which implies a growth of 4.8% from 2016. The growth is attributed to the recent developments in the container terminals and the rising demand for the inland river transport. According to the data published by Baltic Exchange and Xinhua, Hong Kong overtook London for the first time in four years, to occupy the 2nd spot in the global shipping center index, in 2018.

Government Support in Propelling Maritime Sector
The government of Hong Kong has been supporting the maritime sector with its initiatives and incentives. The country mostly involves in international shipments and operations where shipping operators are more susceptible to double taxation. Hence, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) proposed objectives and made arrangements with its trading partners to avoid double taxation on income derived from international shipping operation. This move improves the international competitiveness and is expected to help the country to position itself as an international maritime sector. Furthermore, Hong Kong has implemented shipping incentives tax regime to facilitate shipping activities, which include the exemption from the profits tax irrespective of the nationality of the ships concerned.

Challenges for Shipping Industry
The traditional role of Hong Kong as a bridge between the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world has been diminishing in the recent years. Hence, the SAR government (Government of Hong Kong) had to take necessary actions to reverse the trend. Additionally, the level of automation in China’s major ports is higher than Hong Kong. Ship registration has been the major advantage of the shipping industry of Hong Kong. Since 1997, the number of registered ships increased from 400 to more than 2,500. With the rapid growth, the treasury collected a whopping amount of registration fees. But the authorities didn’t have necessary financial support since the money has not been directly allocated to the marine department. This scenario is expected to show adverse effect on the quality of global services for the registered ships. The government has to allocate the revenue back into the shipping sector and relevant authorities to improve facilities and increase the workforce.

Maritime Sector in Hong Kong Key developments
Feb 2018: Hong Kong International Terminals Limited (HIT) unveiled remote-controlled, rubber tyred gantry cranes and the automated container stacking systems for Container Terminal 9 North in Tsing Yi. The technology upgrade move is expected to reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner environments for the operators.

Maritime Sector in Hong Kong Major Players
Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL)
COSCO Shipping
CK Hutchison Holdings Limited
China Merchants Port Holdings Company
MSC
A.P. Moller–Maersk Group
CMA CGM
DP World
Kerry Logistics
Maritime Sector in Hong Kong Report Summary
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Industry

Maritime Sector in Hong Kong

Study Period

(2014-2023)

Market Size in 2017

Provided in the full report

Market Size in 2023

158.72

Growth Rate

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Key Developments

Feb 2018: Hong Kong International Terminals Limited (HIT) unveiled remote-controlled, rubber tyred gantry cranes for Container Terminal 9 North in Tsing Yi

Companies Covered

Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL), COSCO Shipping, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited and others

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