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Singapore confirmation second port world-wide container
In the 2014 port of call +4.0% have movimntato almost 33,9 million teu ()
January 16, 2015
After to have delivered in the 2010 sceptre of first port world-wide container to Shanghai, in the 2014 port of Singapore it has been confirmed for the fifth consecutive year to according to place in this ranking. Last year, in fact, Singapore has enlivened a containerized trade pairs almost 33,9 million teu, with a progression of +4.0% regarding 32,6 million teu in 2013. Also in 2014, therefore, the port of Singapore will be behind that of Shanghai that in the first eleven months of the year it has enlivened 32,4 million teu and in front of that of Shenzhen that, with a total of 21,9 million teu in the period January-November, it will conquer the third party place in classifies climbing over the port of Hong Kong who has closed 2014 with a traffic of 22,4 million teu ( on 15 January 2015).
Altogether the traffic of the goods enlivened in 2014 from the port of Singapore has been of 580,8 million tons, in increase of +3.5% regarding 560,9 million tons in the year precedence. In terms of weight the goods containerized is piled to 353,5 million tons (+6.2%). The traffic of the goods conventional has been attested 30,9 million to tons (- 3.7%). In the field of the bulk the oil traffic has been pairs to 181,2 million tons (+0.4%) and the volume of the not oil bulk to 15,2 million tons (- 1.1%).
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