Throughput of Singapore port down 4.85% to 81.66 mln tons in Jan-Feb '13

In January-February, 2013, the port of Singapore decreased its throughput by 4.85%, year-on-year, to 81.66 mln tons. According to the port Administration, container throughput of the port increased by 2.1% to 4.99 mln TEUs. In the accounting period, oil transshipment fell by 3.4% to 27.62 mln tons, bulk cargo transshipment fell by 21.5% to 2.08.

In 2012, container throughput of Singapore climbed by 5.3% to 31.65 mln TEUs with the total throughput of the port making 538.01 mln tons.