In January 2010 Singapore port handled 2.33 million TEUs, a 18-percent rise in container turnover from the same period last year, and 2% up over December 2009, the Port Authority provisional data said.

According to the report freight traffic via the port of Singapore in January increased by 8% as compared with the same period in 2009, up to 41.1 million tons.

Singapore, a city-state is located on an island in the South-East Asia. The 2009 statistics show the port handled 472 million tons of commodities.