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Singapore port handles more containers

Singapore port handles more containers
Singapore: Singapore port achieved higher container throughput in August compared to a year ago but volumes decreased marginally month-on-month.

The republic's box throughput came up to 2.74m teu last month, up 4.5% compared to 2.63m teu in August 2011, according to statistics from Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Month-on-month, throughput fell from 2.77m teu posted in July 2012.

In the first eight months of this year, Singapore recorded 21.15m teu of box volumes, up from 19.85m teu registered in the same period of 2011.