Transport and Communications Statistics in the 3rd Quarters 2013

Source : Statistics and Census Service Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total number of licensed motor vehicles reached 224,146 at the end of September 2013, up by 5% year-on-year, of which motorcycles and light private cars accounted for 53% and 41% respectively.存倉 New registration of motor vehicles increased by 6% year-on-year to 13,945 in the first three quarters of 2013, with light private cars and motorcycles sharing 50% and 44% of the total.In the first nine months of 2013, number of traffic accidents totalled 11,228 cases, up by 2% year-on-year, resulting in 3,951 victims and 14 of them were killed.Cross-border vehicle traffic by land between Macao and Mainland China reached 3,446,796 vehicle trips in the first three quarters of 2013, up by 5% year-on-year, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate accounted for 82%. Meanwhile, passenger ferry between Macao and Hong Kong and between Macao and Mainland China totalled 104,455 ferry trips, a decrease of 497 ferry trips year-on-year, with those between Macao and Hong Kong sharing 79% of the total.Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport increased by 18% year-on-year to 33,224 in the first nine months of 2013, on account of the significant incr儲存ase in flight movements to and from Mainland China; Taiwan, China; and Thailand. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong and between Macao and Mainland China totalled 12,268, down by 10% year-on-year, with those between Macao and Hong Kong accounting for 81% of the total.In the first three quarters of 2013, seaborne container throughput totalled 90,352 TEU, equivalent to 65,172 containers handled, up by 3% and 1% respectively year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo decreased by 6% to 143,977 tonnes, with 4,921 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped by 11% year-on-year to 21,412 tonnes, including 6,943 tonnes of transit goods.In the first nine months of 2013, outward (10,687 tonnes) and inward air cargo (4,608 tonnes) decreased by 11% and 2% respectively year-on-year. Transit air cargo increased marginally by 1% to 3,555 tonnes.At the end of September 2013, number of mobile telephone users increased by 2% year-on-year to 1,556,994, whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 3% to 159,245. As regards internet services, number of subscribers totalled 250,743 and the cumulative duration of usage reached 597 million hours in the first nine months of 2013, up by 12% and 21% respectively year-on-year.迷你倉