Last month, the port of Singapore handled 50.44 million tons of goods, with a decrease of -4.9% compared to August 2025 determined by the -18.0% reduction in the volume of oil bulk which fell to 12.62 million tons. Container traffic also decreased slightly which totaled 31.33 million tons (-0.8%) with a container handling of 3.95 million TEUs (+2.3%). The conventional goods amounted to 2.88 million tonnes (+8.5%) and non-oil bulk cargo at 3.60 million tons (+6,4%).

In the first eight months of 2026, the Asian port of call handled a total of 412.23 million tons of loads, with an increase of +1.0% over the same period of the last year. Containerized traffic alone was 249.49 million tonnes (+2.3%) with a handling of containers equal to 30.68 million TEUs (+4.2%). In the conventional freight traffic was 22.71 million tons (+12.7%). Oil bulk cargo stood at 114.81 million tons (-6.7%) and other bulk cargo to 25.22 million tons (+19.4%).