Throughput of port Singapore up 2.3% to 368 mln t in Jan-Aug’13

In January-August 2013, port Singapore handled 368 mln t of cargo (+2.3%, year-on-year). According to the port authority, oil transshipment increased by 3% to 116.85 mln t.

Singapore is a Southeast Asian island city-state. In 2012, container throughput of port Singapore climbed 5.3% to 31.65 TEUs, while the port’s total throughput made 538.01 mln t.