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海运业香港地处亚洲太平洋地区中心,刚好处于远东至美洲及远东至欧洲航线的中点,香港岛与九龙半岛之间港阔水深,具备成为世界航运中心的条件。早期香港靠这一优势经营转口贸易,因当时海运业只有少数英国船舶,在国际航运业上不占重要地位。60年代后,日本经济的发展,风行租船市场的出现及后来的越南战争,使香港海运业得到迅速发展。70年代末,随着中国实行经济改革和开放政策,香港成了中国货物的转口港,揽货行业及码头仓库行业也因此发展起来。目前香港已成为世界上最重要的航运中心之一。这从以下几个数字可以看出:①远洋船只及船舶吨位:1990年香港船舶公司拥有管理和经营的
Shipping Industry Hong Kong is located in the center of the Asia Pacific region, just in the mid-point of the Far East to the Americas and the Far East to Europe routes. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula between Hong Kong and Shenzhen water depth, with the conditions to become a world shipping center. Early Hong Kong relied on this advantage to operate the re-export trade because at that time there was only a few British ships in the shipping industry, which did not occupy an important position in the international shipping industry. After the 1960s, the development of Japan’s economy, the emergence of a popular charter market and the subsequent Vietnam War led to the rapid development of the shipping industry in Hong Kong. In the late 1970s, with China’s economic reform and opening up policy, Hong Kong became a transit port for Chinese goods. As a result, the canning industry and the terminal warehouse industry developed. Hong Kong has now become one of the most important shipping centers in the world. This can be seen from the following figures: ① ocean-going vessels and ships tonnage: Hong Kong Shipping Company in 1990 owned and managed