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The port of Singapore has marked the own new record of traffic for the August month
Last month tons of cargos (+0.6% are enlivened 53,3 million)
September 13, 2018
Last month the port of Singapore has established the own new record of traffic of the goods relatively to the single month of August having enlivened 53,3 million tons of cargos, with a progression of +0.6% on August 2017 when the precedence was achieved historical peak of traffic for the month.
The new maximum is marked thanks to the record of containerized trade for the August month that has been such is in terms of enlivened tons, pairs to 31,5 million (+5.7%), is in terms of containers from 20 ' (teu) enlivened, that they have turned out pairs to beyond 3,1 million teu (+7.1%). In the field of the goods conventional the traffic has been of 1,7 million tons (- 32.7%). The oil traffic has totaled 18,6 million tons (- 1.9%) and that of the other bulk 1,4 million tons (- 9.2%).
In the first eight months of this year the port has enlivened altogether 418,6 million tons of goods, with an increase of +1.3% on the correspondent period of 2017. The only type of traffic in increase turns out to be that of the container, that it has recorded a handling of 246,1 million tons (+6.6%) with the disembarkation/boarding and the transit of 24,3 million teu (+10.6%), while tons are diminished are the goods conventional (16,3 million, -12,5%) are the oil cargos (144,7 million tons, -4,4%) that the bulk of other type (11,5 million tons, -8,1%).
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