Seatrade Maritime is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Singapore's Q1 box throughput matches Shanghai

Singapore's Q1 box throughput matches Shanghai
Singapore: Singapore's container throughput during the first three months of this year matched those of China's Shanghai port at 7.54m teu.

The two Asian ports of Shanghai and Singapore are the world's number one and two largest container ports respectively by volume last year.

In the first three months of this year, Singapore port handled a total of 7.54m teu of boxes, up 6.6% from 7.07m teu in the corresponding period of last year, according to figures from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Shanghai also moved 7.54m teu in the first quarter, up 3.6% from 7.28m teu in the same period of last year.

Singapore had a busy month in March as container throughput climbed both year-on-year and month-on-month.

Last month, Singapore recorded 2.65m teu of throughput, an increase of 6% from 2.5m teu in March 2011. A bigger jump of 12.8% was recorded when compared to 2.35m teu registered in February this year.

Singapore was ranked the world's second largest container port moving 29.9m teu in 2011, behind leader Shanghai with 31.7m teu.

TAGS: Singapore