Singapore box volumes grow just 2.8% Jan - April

The port of Singapore handled just 2.8% more containers in the first months of the year according to preliminary estimates from the local port authority. Total throughput volumes were recorded at 2.45m teu in April, up from 2.32m teu in the same month of 2010, but down marginally from 2.5m teu in March 2011, according to data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.


From January to April, Singapore port moved a total of 9.51m teu, up 2.8% compared to 9.25m teu in the corresponding period of 2010. Homegrown port operator PSA clocked 9.34m teu of throughput for the first four months of this year. Its smaller rival Jurong Port registered 170,000 teu of throughput this year to date.
(Source:http://www.seatrade-asia.com)