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Singapore Port sets new records in shipping tonnage, container throughput, cargo throughput, bunker sales and ship registration |
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Infrastructure - Transport |
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The Singapore port retained its position as the world’s busiest port for shipping tonnage. For the second time in Singapore’s maritime history, total vessel arrivals in terms of shipping tonnage crossed the one billion mark with 1.15 billion gross tons (GT) in 2005. This new record outstripped 2004’s 1.04 billion GT by 10.5 per cent year-on-year.
Container traffic increased by 8.7 per cent to hit 23.2 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in 2005. The total cargo tonnage handled by the port rose by 7.6 per cent year-on-year to 423 million tonnes in 2005.
For the first time in the port's history, sales of ship fuel (bunker sales) here crossed the 25 million tonnes mark, securing Singapore’s position as the top bunkering port in the world. As at end December 2005, the total tonnage of ships on the register was 33 million GT. With the more than 3,200 Singapore-registered ships, Singapore has 5th largest merchant fleet in the world, also the largest in Asia. |
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