Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore in January-July of this year grew by 6.4 percent compared with the same period of last year, to 312 828 000 tons, the Port Authority statistics said.
Shipments of crude oil rose by 8.4 percent to 111 238 000 tons.
Seven-month container throughput rose by 3.8% to 17 221 900 TEUs.
In July, container volume increased by 4.7% to 2 639 500 TEUs.
Singapore is a city-state located on an island in Southeast Asia. In 2010, the port’s cargo throughput totaled 502 million tons.