Port of Singapore throughput climbs 1 percent

Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore in January-November 2012 increased by 1% compared with the same period in 2011, to 493.58 million tons, the Port Authority said. Crude oil volume fell 9.34% to 155.17 million tons.

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 reached 530.48 million tons.