Port of Singapore throughput in 2019 declined by 0.6% to 626.18 million tonnes
Freight traffic at the Port of Singapore in January-December 2019 was down 0.6%, year-on-year, at 626.18 million tonnes, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore provisional figures show.
In the reporting period volume of oil cargo was down 0.8% at 219.18 million tonnes, while non-oil bulk cargo increased by 4.2% to 17.56 million tonnes. At the same time general cargo volume edged down 0.5% to 24.2 million tonnes.
Container traffic climbed 1.6% to 37.19 million TEUs.
Singapore is the city-state located on an island in Southeast Asia. In 2018, the port handled 630.03 million tonnes of cargo.
