1999 MONTHLY STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS
(prepared by LP Balabis, STAT B, PMO-Davao)
JUNE
For several months now this year, trade has been observed higher than same period last year despite the slowdown of ship traffic at the port of Davao.
The union of WG&A was seen as the cause of this. It seems that vessels of this grouping have been carrying more than usual. It would seem plausible that the management prerogative of such shipping group called for "picking up" of cargoes originally intended for one vessel by the other. Thus, when before the integration, so many ships bound here have only so much cargoes, WG&A vessels now are almost always maximized. This permits WG&A to field vessels that suddenly become "redundant" to other lesser served routes in the country thus reducing regular shipcalls within the Pakiputan Strait.
Overall for the first semester, shipcalls went down by 17% compared to last year’s same period. Record for 1999 shows 1,289 to 1998"s 1,565.
While foreign ships keep abreast with the tally, domestic vessels keep lagging recording a deficit of 25%.
In addition to the WG&A explanation, the diminished shipcalls at DUCC is by far the major reason for the stunted growth of ship traffic.
If the Total Cargo Throughput (TCT) continued to rise despite this, it is only because other facilities chalked up higher gains notably Sasa Wharf, Malalag Wharf and the coco ports.
(Coco ports would refer to Interco Davao, Interco Mati and Legoil. These are facilities that deal especially with copra, coconut oils and other coconut by-products.)
SASA WHARF
For this reporting period, this queen port of Davao handled 200,457 metric tons (MT). This translates the 35% growth rate achieved here by cargo traffic.
Owing to the volume of fertilizers that keep coming, foreign TCT have soared to a high 135%. For this period, a total of 64,959 MT was handled. Of this, import accounted for 85%.
This period’s importation which include machineries, paper and pulp, chemicals, etc. totalled 55,525 MT overtaking the previous record of 1998, by a whopping 396%!
Fertilizer in bulk skyrocketted to 535% when about 32,523 MT came in.
On the other hand, domestic TCT rose by 13% as 134,929 MT were handled here.
Davao’s traditional agricultural products, bananas, has greatly bloated the outgoing TCT by 13%.
TERMINAL PORTS
The terminal port of Sta. Ana showed 13 Class A domestic vessels, 4 Class B vessels and 1,004 motor launches for its ship traffic this period.
TCT have risen by 15.6% when 12,761 MT surpassed the 11,037 MT of 1998.
Cargoes handled are the usual cement and flour.
OTHER GOVERNMENT PORTS
The other government ports of Malalag rebounded from slump showing 4 vessels this period which 3 were domestic and 1 foreign.
Last year’s same period showed Malalag having no activity at all. Molasses remain the foreign cargo handled while this marked the first time that Malalag shipped out sugar. If all augurs well, Malalag may well be shipping out regularly the commodity that could boost not only the municipality but in particular, the facility.
PRIVATE PORTS
As earlier mentioned, the retreating shipcalls at DUCC has greatly affected the overall ship traffic at private ports.
Facing the onslaught of competition from Apo Cement and Davao Manly, DUCC put brakes to its production thereby affecting both ship and trade traffics.
From a total of 49 vessels in January – June 1998, DUCC could only handle 24 this time.
In 1998, the total private ports had a high century mark of 104 domestic ships. This time, this fell by 37.5% as only 65 ships called here. Foreign vessels, on the other hand, registered a 30% increase with a total of 77 vessels.
Trade here went up by 15% propped up largely by domestic shipments.
Of this aggrupation, only the banana ports and TEFASCO had better scores.
Ship and cargo traffic earned 30% and 9%, respectively at HPI, MTBS, PACINTER and TADECO.
Meanwhile, TEFASCO maintained its ship traffic but observed to have a robust trade traffic earning 88% growth rate for the period.
In fact, if total private ports managed to keep up its head above the water it is because of activity here that more than covered for the slackness at other facilities.
Domestic trade zoomed up by 87%; foreign by 90%.
MAY
Ship traffic at the entire port of Davao for May 1999 decreased by 11% against the same period last year. However, the TCT climbed up by 10% while passenger traffic skyrocketted by 219%.
SASA BASEPORT
The single most prolific port facility at Davao, Sasa Wharf, catered to 86 vessels, of which 65 were domestic hile 21, foreign.
This marked an increase of 12% over-all. Domestic ships have risen by 8%, foreign by 24%.
The hemorrhaging foreign trade particularly imports were largely credited for the bullish Total Cargo Throughput at this government port.
Plywood along with other general cargo caused the breakbulk importation to grow by a massive 7,074% while paper products, animal feeds, chemicals and machineries have bloated the containerized cargoes by as much as 527%.
On the other hand, exported containerized cargo rose by 30%. Thanks largely to our traditional shipment of fruits and vegetables, coconut charcoal/activated carbon, dessicated coconut, rubber cuplump and cement.
For the priod under report, Sasa Wharf contributed 68% of the TCT to the overall cargo traffic.
TERMINAL PORTS
The terminal port of Sta. Ana holds sway with an improved TCT of 34% as compared to May 1998. Although, ship traffic this time is shy by 4, cargoes reached 10,467 metric tons (MT).
Last year's volume reached 7, 786 MT.
As of this reporting period, there were still no activity noted at Mati Wharf.
OTHER GOVERNMENT PORT
The continued absence of shuipcalls at Dawis, Lambajon and Maco left malalag the cudgel to show life for other government ports.
For May 1999, however, data was sleepy as only 3 vessels called at Malalag Wharf.
The minimal production of molasses was a negative 83% growth rate when compared with May 1998 which showed 12,193 MT.
PRIVATE PORTS
Despite the falling shipcalls of 137 this period, the conglomerate of private port facilities still was able to improve its TCT by 6%.
Its cargo volume handled for this period reached 361,439 MT. This was 341,042 in May 1998.
Overall, the vessels visiting these facilities suddenly nosedived by 20%.
Expectedly, domestic ship traffic suffered by 30% cut while foreign went down by 3%.
Upon scrutiny, the retreating ship traffic at DUCC continued to hound the overall performance of private ports.
Without letup, the slowing traffic due to falling cement production resulted in the negative growth of 50% here. Simply falling was the domestic vessels with only 24 to show as against last year's 49.
The "two-pronged attack" of Apo Cement and Davao Manly at the local cement market has choked hardest on DUCC's production. Although this period's 108,444 MT was a little better by 5% when taken against same period in 1998.
Following the trend, the vessels at combined oil ports of Caltex, Caltex II, Pilipinas Shell and Petron also was shy by 2 ships as only 24 showed up at these ports.
Against May 1998, their TCT fared better by 34%.
On the other hand, banana ports rebounded from last year's slump with 22% increase having had 44 foreign shipcalls this period.
Simply put, this was translated likewise to a 24% growth of banana shipments.
However,t he coco ports failed to match its 1998 record, both ship and cargo traffic, as total vessels for May 1999 is only 15 - down by 47% and TCT, only 17,649 MT - down by 64%.
While TEFASCO's ship traffic is -19% for the period, its TCT improved by 13% as 89, 109 MT was handled.
Domestic cargoes largely consisting of iron and steel, transport equipment, other manufactures of metal coupled with local produce such as lumber, plywood and veneer and other agricultural products reached 65,032 MT. Previously, this stood at 47,592 MT.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
The university break and vacation enabled many students to come home momentarily. Thus, this natural occurrence sent the passenger traffic rising with 23,762. This figure is roughly 20% better than the period compared to.
APRIL
FEWER SHIPS, BETTER TRADE HAPPEN AT SASA
For the period under report, ship traffic at the entire port of Davao failed to catch up with the 1998 record and plunged 15% down to 236 total ship calls. Of this, domestic shipcalls were fewer by 23% although, foreign ships managed to have 2 vessels more this time.The biggest letdown of shipping traffic was detected at the private ports group led by TEFASCO, the only other commercial port of Davao. For this report, this was below 17%, than the 1998 record of 172.
Similarly, the total domestic ships slowed down by 37% ; 112 to 71 while foreign shipcalls reached 71 for a better rate of 4% as against the previous 68.
In a seeming concert with this retreat, cargo traffic also fell as the oil ports of Caltex, Pilipinas Shell and Petron eased in oil shipments here. This group received just 25,269 MT which is a shy 45% compared with April 1998 of 45,828 MT.
The waning demand for copra and coco products this time also took its toll. For the period reported, the 14,639 MT was shy by 23% as compared to the 19,124 MT of the month compared with.
As ever, the region’s traditional agricultural products, banana, made all the difference.
While other private port facilities left and right suffered deficits, banana shipments rose reaching 104,202 MT. This figure accounts for a 27% growth rate this month versus April 1998. All banana ports namely : MTBS, Pacinter, HPI and TADECO chalked up gains.
DUCC, on the other hand, continue to wallow below par as it was hard in shaking off the competition its rival pose. (Apo Cement and Davao Manly continue to threaten its domestic market that it was forced to venture to foreign markets.)
SASA WHARF experienced same subdued ship traffic as it reeled from a negative growth rate of 9%.
However, all is not entirely bleak at this government port.
Undisputably the prime entry point at the port of Davao, the total cargo throughput (TCT) this month reached 153,379 MT compared to last year’s same month of 135,596 MT. This is statistically translated as an improved 13%.
While some private ports depended on foreign markets for its business, Sasa Wharf relied heavily on the domestic trade to prop up its viability.
For the record, commodities classified as general cargo led both incoming and outgoing tonnages.
MARCH
BETTER TRAFFIC AT SASA WHARF, LOWER AT PRIVATE PORTS
The "luckluster" performance of private ports this month has taken its toll on the entire activity at port of Davao causing the total ship traffic to plunge by 25% and the total cargo throughput (TCT) by 27%.
Overall, the domestic cargoes handled went down by 15%. Foreign trade, however, struck a bright note as this bettered its March 1998 record by some 34,000 metric tons (MT) or a growth rate of 19%.
In the meantime, the absence of foreign transit cargo led to the plummeting of transit trade by 63%.
SASA WHARF
TCT at this premier government port has increased for this period registering a growth mark of 30%. This month’s TCT reached 176,249 MT.
Both domestic and foreign trade climbed, the former getting a positive growth of 15% and the latter a big 89%.
While incoming fertilizers for the period seems negligible this nonetheless augmented the TCT along with the bottled cargoes and outgoing empty bottles.
This is a true case with foreign trade as fertilizers in bulk bloated the TCT when 30,512 MT have arrived.
The continuing EAGA trade ventures helped propel the trade in general and the foreign container traffic in particular by raking in an increased container traffic with 9.7%.
TERMINAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PORTS
The minimal ship calls at the terminal ports of Mati and Sta. Ana coupled with the non-appearance of "client ships" at Malalag port resulted in a very low activity.
For the period under report, only 8 vessels showed here. Last year’s data show 26 total shipcalls.
Since there were no molasses shipment this time, the TCT was at the minimum of 6,000 MT only.
PRIVATE PORTS
The continued shying away of vessels at the cement port of DUCC made the ship and cargo traffic suffered deficits at this conglomeration.
For the nth time, DUCC, it seems, is still reeling from the effects its competitors is giving. The bulk of cement Davao Manly and Apo Cement is bringing into Davao City has greatly chipped the market that was once lorded over by DUCC. It now has to contend with foreign markets to prop up its production.
For the reporting period, its ship traffic nosedived by 56%, a far-cry from the previous 64 vessels. TCT this period fell by 32% ; 72,494 vs 107,423 MT.
TEFASCO, the most dominating of the private ports by virtue of its privilege of handling 3rd party cargoes at port of Davao outside the government port of Sasa, could only show 24 vessels. This is a negative growth of 2% as last period’s figure was 30.
However, the TCT handled has redeemed the deficit as total tonnage reached 83,622 MT, or better by 16% when taken against March 1999.
This time, bananas, which was the traditional foremost commodity at this region reasserted its familiar lead role and sent the containerized outbound cargoes soaring by 57%.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
This month’s Class A total passenger traffic hit 13,898. However, this is lower by 9% compared with March 1998 figure.
The airline battle of discounted rates seems to have compelled the travelling public to test the promotion.
On the other hand, the plying of fast crafts at Northern Mindanao to such other favored destination as Cebu and Manila left many to consider shuttling to the northern cities for these destinations.
FEBRUARY
SASA WHARF UPS FOREIGN TRADE BY 92%
Once more, fertilizers mattred most tot he cargo traffic at Sasa Wharf as the total comodity, in bulk and breakbulk, reached 28,830 metric tons (MT) for February 1999.
The shipments jacked up the total foreign trade by 92% this period with a total of 55,454 MT as against last year' s figure of 28,795 MT.
While exports this time lagged by 16%, domestic trade showed better performance when a total cargo throughput (TCT) of 129,719 MT was handled edging by 3.8% the 1998 figure.
As noted in the past, fertilizer was the most single significant commodity in the whole foreign trade at Sasa Wharf and this would remain so in near and distant future affecting the totality of TCT whenever the month's case may be.
On the other hand, TCT at the combined private port facilities dived by 16% despite the addition of Astorga to the statistical aggrupation.
For the period reported, a total of 285,639 MT of cargoes was handled compared to the 340,925 MT in 1998.
Similarly, shipcalls fell by 27% ; 120 to 165, the biggest downer was the domestic having had only 57 crafts this period as against last year's 105.
Largely, responsible for "rocking the boat" of private ports is the once very active DUCC now faced with stiff competition as Apo Cement, Iligan and Davao's Manly Marketing which all have been clipping away at DUCC's local markets.
In comparison, its 1999 TCT of 47,490 MT is far below by 56% its previous mark of 109,412 MT.
While it appears to have sustained its foreign markets, its hold on domestic could hardly be said as this seems slipping away.
At one time in the apst, DUCC was recorded to have handled by as much as 60 vessels.
For this reporting period, there were only 17 vessels handled which was nowhere near the 47 FEbruary 1998.
JANUARY
1999 OPENS WITH SLOW SHIP TRAFFIC, LOW CARGOES
The year 1999 opened austerely for PMO-Davao as ship, cargo and passenger traffic at Sasa Wharf missed matching its 1998 record by 9%, 34% and 23%, respectively.
Domestic vessels eked out an additiona craft thou with 46 while foreign was behind by 7.
January record of the previous year had 45 and 19, respectively.
In what could have been a promising sign last year for the heightening of EDSA trade link, the prospects dimmed for 1999 as EAGA Ventures-run vessels retreated back to General Santos thereby greatly affecting this EAGA-BIMP initiative in particular and the statistics at Port of Davao, in general.
While cargo tonnage involved here may not seem much (some 414 MT average per month in 1998), the foreign passenger traffic was cut ans entirely erasing the Davao-Bitung link. At least, for now.
Ironically, Sasa Wharf had a better Berth Occupancy Rate of 52.16% for this period compared to last year's 32.34%.
The 34% deficit of TCT at this time could be traced greatly to the -69% growth rate of foreign trade.
There were no fertilizer shipments which to this day has become the most dominant commodity that comes periodically from abroad. This is sort of expected however for the month of January as already, some 40,400 MT plus came in just last December 1998.
For this month, only containerized cargoes came in as foreign cargoes.
Incidentally, foreign boxed cargoes registered an improved growth rate of 36% surpassing by 5,652 MT its January 1998 record.
The retreating vessels did not only happen at Sasa Wharf but as well in private and terminal ports.
Overall, total ship calls at Private Ports showed a 35% negative growth rate. Further, domestic vessels had a -46% while overseas vessels, a -16%.
Records for January 1998 bares a total of 138 vessels : 87 domestic and 51 foreign.
As it is, TCT at this grouping registered a negative growth rate of 17%.
Domestic and foreign cargoes here chalked up -24% and -12%, respectively.
However, as expected, domestic containerized cargoes grew, not just better but greater by big 95%.
Of the private port groupings, those observed to greatly affect the ship traffic are the coco ports made up of Interco Davao and Mati and Leg-Oil and the cement port - DUCC.
Coco ports' shipcalls is -69% while DUCC's is -63%.
On the other hand, the Terminal Ports were short of 2 vessels in matching its 1998 record of 9.
1994 - 1998 STATISTICS
| PORT
OF DAVAO (SASA) Shipping, Cargo & Passenger Statistics |
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Paticulars |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1. Shipcalls |
752 |
952 |
1,205 |
1,099 |
1,129 |
| Domestic | 669 |
783 |
698 |
846 |
838 |
| Foreign | 83 |
169 |
507 |
253 |
291 |
2. Ave. Gross Reg.Tonnage |
4,316.76 |
4,742.78 |
4,434.79 |
5,868.70 |
6,083.73 |
| Domestic | 3,946.15 |
4,393.84 |
5,053.56 |
5,059.46 |
5,621.38 |
| Foreign | 7,303.99 |
6,359.50 |
3,582.92 |
8,574.68 |
7,415.18 |
3. Ave.Length (m.) |
101.14 |
101.52 |
88.08 |
111.10 |
114.57 |
| Domestic | 98.04 |
101.36 |
102.14 |
107.64 |
112.33 |
| Foreign | 126.13 |
102.27 |
68.73 |
122.66 |
121.01 |
4. Ave. Waiting Time (hrs.) |
0.74 |
0.00 |
2.87 |
0.92 |
0.03 |
| Domestic | 0.83 |
0.00 |
2.89 |
0.41 |
0.04 |
| Foreign | 0.00 |
0.00 |
2.84 |
2.59 |
0.00 |
5. Ave. Service Time (hrs.) |
63.01 |
55.20 |
76.69 |
50.99 |
47.49 |
| Domestic | 58.20 |
47.36 |
49.21 |
46.55 |
50.63 |
| Foreign | 101.84 |
91.48 |
114.53 |
65.82 |
38.44 |
6. Cargo Throughput (m.t.) |
1,623,177 |
1,872,989 |
2,368,410 |
2,345,729 |
2,123,537 |
| Domestic | 1,366,320 |
1,459,521 |
1,293,813 |
1,568,763 |
1,571,641 |
| Non-Containerized | 358,406 |
322,842 |
314,510 |
412,220 |
486,338 |
| Inward | 267,529 |
256,629 |
239,662 |
328,558 |
354,772 |
| Outward | 90,877 |
66,213 |
74,848 |
83,662 |
131,986 |
| Containerized | 1,007,914 |
1,136,679 |
979,303 |
1,156,543 |
1,085,303 |
| Inward | 603,540 |
654,181 |
563,642 |
679,233 |
604,772 |
| Outward | 404,374 |
482,498 |
415,661 |
477,310 |
480,531 |
| Foreign | 256,857 |
413,468 |
1,074,597 |
776,966 |
551,896 |
| Non-Containerized | 256,857 |
410,393 |
1,008,966 |
587,463 |
317,285 |
| Import | 241,785 |
378,345 |
981,647 |
516,565 |
270,482 |
| Export | 15,072 |
32,048 |
27,319 |
70,898 |
46,803 |
| Containerized | 0 |
3,075 |
65,631 |
189,503 |
234,611 |
| Import | 0 |
1,383 |
37,200 |
88,183 |
68,515 |
| Export | 0 |
1,692 |
28,431 |
101,320 |
166,096 |
7. Container Traffic (in TEU) |
87,201 |
86,594 |
92,568 |
113,225 |
118,493 |
| Domestic | 87,201 |
86,364 |
86,459 |
96,018 |
85,833 |
| Inward | 43,734 |
44,545 |
43,932 |
48,143 |
42,277 |
| Outward | 43,467 |
41,819 |
42,527 |
47,875 |
43,556 |
| Foreign | 0 |
230 |
6,109 |
17,207 |
32,660 |
| Import | 0 |
150 |
3,180 |
8,793 |
16,254 |
| Export | 0 |
80 |
2,929 |
8,414 |
16,406 |
8. Passenger Traffic |
184,798 |
188,991 |
154,213 |
148,015 |
193,808 |
| Disembarked | 94,853 |
94,799 |
73,565 |
80,590 |
105,392 |
| Embarked | 89,945 |
94,192 |
80,648 |
67,425 |
88,416 |
PORT OF STA. ANA Shipping, Cargo & Passenger Statistics |
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Paticulars |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1. Shipcalls |
293 |
325 |
197 |
206 |
197 |
| Domestic | 287 |
318 |
179 |
199 |
191 |
| Foreign | 6 |
7 |
18 |
7 |
6 |
2. Ave. Gross Reg.Tonnage |
285.23 |
359.83 |
881.01 |
572.28 |
690.17 |
| Domestic | 263.01 |
306.77 |
398.69 |
363.80 |
418.81 |
| Foreign | 1,347.67 |
2,770.29 |
5,677.44 |
6,498.86 |
9,328.50 |
3. Ave.Length (m.) |
35.29 |
37.42 |
53.94 |
47.58 |
50.57 |
| Domestic | 34.16 |
36.36 |
48.88 |
45.64 |
48.27 |
| Foreign | 89.33 |
85.57 |
104.28 |
102.86 |
123.67 |
4. Ave. Waiting Time (hrs.) |
9.71 |
5.56 |
2.26 |
15.08 |
23.34 |
| Domestic | 9.92 |
5.68 |
2.49 |
13.52 |
24.07 |
| Foreign | 0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
59.57 |
0.00 |
5. Ave. Service Time (hrs.) |
94.55 |
59.38 |
114.84 |
112.77 |
126.79 |
| Domestic | 95.49 |
60.22 |
115.87 |
96.13 |
125.14 |
| Foreign | 49.50 |
21.14 |
104.61 |
585.71 |
179.17 |
6. Cargo Throughput (m.t.) |
142,535 |
126,452 |
150,773 |
126,325 |
143,983 |
Domestic (Non-Containerized) |
140,897 |
125,489 |
148,878 |
126,325 |
143,983 |
Inward |
113,429 |
106,099 |
115,659 |
102,119 |
124,920 |
Outward |
27,468 |
19,390 |
33,219 |
24,206 |
19,063 |
Foreign (Non-Containerized) |
1,638 |
963 |
1,895 |
0 |
0 |
Import |
1,638 |
963 |
640 |
0 |
0 |
Export |
0 |
0 |
1,255 |
0 |
0 |
7. Passenger Traffic |
200,068 |
314,920 |
285,289 |
805,274 |
1,029,770 |
Disembarked |
103,567 |
160,570 |
155,096 |
401,815 |
516,505 |
Embarked |
96,501 |
154,350 |
130,193 |
403,459 |
513,265 |
PORT OF MATI Shipping, Cargo & Passenger Statistics |
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Paticulars |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1. Shipcalls |
10 |
12 |
1 |
13 |
4 |
| Domestic | 10 |
11 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
| Foreign | 0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2. Ave. Gross Reg.Tonnage |
221.50 |
564.75 |
1,370.00 |
558.08 |
580.25 |
| Domestic | 221.50 |
455.91 |
0.00 |
558.08 |
580.25 |
| Foreign | 0.00 |
1,762.00 |
1,370.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
3. Ave.Length (m.) |
43.60 |
46.83 |
69.00 |
58.69 |
64.25 |
| Domestic | 43.60 |
43.55 |
0.00 |
58.69 |
64.25 |
| Foreign | 0.00 |
83.00 |
69.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
4. Ave. Waiting Time (hrs.) |
7.20 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Domestic | 7.20 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Foreign | 0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
5. Ave. Service Time (hrs.) |
52.10 |
85.75 |
35.00 |
86.38 |
49.00 |
| Domestic | 52.10 |
92.82 |
0.00 |
86.38 |
49.00 |
| Foreign | 0.00 |
8.00 |
35.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
6. Cargo Throughput (m.t.) |
1,347 |
1,714 |
357 |
6,894 |
407 |
Domestic (Non-Containerized) |
1,347 |
1,587 |
0 |
6,894 |
407 |
Inward |
10 |
0 | 0 | 6,894 |
0 |
Outward |
1,337 |
1,587 |
0 | 0 | 407 |
Foreign (Non-Containerized) |
0 |
127 |
357 |
0 |
0 |
Import |
0 |
127 |
357 |
0 |
0 |
Export |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7. Passenger Traffic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
