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In the 2013 Singapore third party has been confirmed world-wide port goods with a traffic record of 557 million tons
Record also in the container with 32,6 million teu
January 7, 2014
In the 2013 Singapore it has maintained the own third position in the world-wide ranking of the main ports for volume of goods enlivened, behind of the ports of Ningbo-Zhoushan and Shanghai, having recorded a traffic record pairs to about 557,5 million tons of goods, with an increment of +3.6% regarding 538,0 million tons enlivened in 2012.
In the single segment of the containerized trade the port of Singapore has closed the 2013 with a traffic volume record pairs to 32,6 million teu (+2.9% on 2012), confirming so in all probability own second place in the ranking of the world-wide ports container behind of Shanghai that in the first eleven months of 2013 it has enlivened almost 31 million teu.
The Harbour Authority of Singapore has announced that in the 2013 tons of tonnage of the ships pairs to 2,33 billion regarding 2,25 billion tsl in the year precedence arrived in port have been. Moreover the sales of bunker in the Asian harbour port of call, commercial segment of which the port of Singapore he is world leader, are piled to 42,5 million tons regarding 42,7 million tons in 2012. In the 2013 consistency of the fleet registered in the Registry of Singapore it has been attested to 73,6 million tons regarding 65,0 million tons in 2012.
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