Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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Last month the containerized trade in the port of Singapore has grown of +4.4%
Bending of the other cargo types
May 14, 2018
Last month the port of Singapore has enlivened 51,8 million tons of goods, with a decrease of the -2,1% - first after 20 consecutive months of increase - regarding April 2017 when the record of traffic of the Asian harbour port of call relatively to the month of April with 52,9 million tons was established.
In April the 2018 containerized trade has turned out in increase of piled +4.4% being to 30,0 million tons, volume that is realized with a handling of containers pairs to 2,9 million teu (+7.0%). Last month the traffic of the container has reached the maximum peak never enlivened from the port of Singapore in April and has exceeded the precedence record of 29,6 million tons and 2,8 million teu obtained in April 2014.
Last month they are diminished instead the enlivened volumes of traffic in the other fields. The goods conventional has marked a contraction of -44,7% attesting itself to the 2,1 million one tons. The oil traffic is dropped of -2,0% to the 18,2 million one tons and that of the other bulk types is come down of -15,2% to the 1,4 million one tons.
In the first quadrimestre of the 2018 port it has enlivened a total of 207,8 million tons, with a progression of +1.1% on the same period last year. The container +14.0%) for total 119,8 million tons (+8.7% have been 11,8 million teu (). Decrease is of the goods conventional, with 8,2 million tons (- 19.9%), are of the oil bulk, with 74,1 million tons (- 6.0%), than of the other bulk, with 5,7 million tons (- 7.2%).
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