Container throughput at the Port of Singapore in January-February 2012 increased by 7.1% year-over-year to 4.88 million TEUs, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said.
In February, shipments of containers through the port rose 9.2% from the same period a year ago, to 2.34 million TEUs.
Singapore is the city-state located on an island in Southeast Asia. Container traffic at Port of Singapore in 2011 rose 5.3% year-over-year, to 29.93 million TEUs. Annual cargo throughput at the port totaled 530.48 million tons.