Currently in the port of Singapore about 90% of traffic takes place outside of the scheduled arrivals at the port compared to an average of about 77% of unplanned arrivals as part of the scheduling of arrival at the quay recorded in 2023. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Transport of Singapore, Yip Hon Weng, in a written answer to A parliamentary question on the capacity of the port Asian to respond and manage severe traffic congestion naval in progress.

The minister recalled that currently "the crisis of the Sea Rosso has ensured that ships in service on the routes between Europe and Asia are diverted to the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope. As a result, Hon explained Weng - ports around the world are registering a number higher than arrivals outside those planned". Announcing the increase in the number of unscheduled ships that arrive in Singapore, the minister pointed out that "many ships arrive even at very short notice, aggravating the problem and causing a "grouping of ships"». Explaining the Function of the Port of Singapore in the field of naval traffic between Asia and Europe, Hon Weng has underlined that currently these changes to maritime traffic determined by the crisis have led to "a lengthening of the time of stay of container ships in our port for loading operations, which in turn caused an increase in waiting time for incoming vessels, leading to congestion at our container docks".

By outlining the measures taken to reduce this congestion, include the restoration of quayside activity that was has been stopped having been transferred to new landings and the start of the operation of the quays of the new port area of Tuas, the minister said that "despite this month the our efforts have improved waiting times, the Red Sea crisis is unlikely to subside anytime soon. Short. The situation - he noted - could also be aggravated by an increase in containerized volumes as companies anticipate export plans from Asia in view of the main holidays of the second half of the year".