Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the total number of licensed motor vehicles reached 227,937 at the end of 2013, up by 5% year-on-year, of which motorcycles and light private cars accounted for 52% and 41% respectively. New registration of motor vehicles increased by 9% year-on-year to 19,143 in 2013, with light private cars and motorcycles sharing 49% and 45% of the total.

For the whole year of 2013, number of traffic accidents totalled 15,077 cases, up by 3% year-on-year, resulting in 5,290 victims and 19 of them were killed.

Cross-border vehicle traffic by land between Macao and Mainland China reached 4,658,186 vehicle trips in 2013, up by 4% year-on-year, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate accounted for 81%. Meanwhile, passenger ferry between Macao and Hong Kong and between Macao and Mainland China totalled 138,342 ferry trips in 2013, down marginally by 1% 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 16% year-on-year to 44,917 in 2013, of which flight movements to and from Mainland China accounted for 38%, up by 20% year-on-year. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong and between Macao and Mainland China totalled 17,285, down by 6% year-on-year, with those between Macao and Hong Kong accounting for 81% of the total.

For the whole year of 2013, seaborne container throughput totalled 124,973 TEU, equivalent to 89,494 containers handled, up by 4% and 2% respectively year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo decreased by 6% to 194,638 tonnes, with 6,122 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped by 6% year-on-year to 28,827 tonnes, including 9,355 tonnes of transit goods.

In 2013, outward air cargo (15,019 tonnes) decreased by 8% year-on-year while inward air cargo (6,434 tonnes) increased slightly by 1%. Transit air cargo decreased by 2% to 4,968 tonnes.

At the end of 2013, number of mobile telephone users increased by 7% year-on-year to 1,722,245, whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 3% to 158,414. As regards internet services, number of subscribers totalled 262,863 and the cumulative duration of usage reached 814 million hours in 2013, up by 14% and 20% respectively year-on-year.