Singapore box throughput grows 4.2% in SeptemberSingapore box throughput grows 4.2% in September

Singapore, the world's second busiest container port behind China's Shanghai, recorded 2.72m of throughput in September, an increase of 4.2% compared to 2.61m teu moved in September 2012.

Last month's volumes, however, were down 3.5% from 2.82m teu handled in August this year, MPA figures showed.

In the first nine months of this year, Singapore port handled a total throughput of 24.3m teu, down 2.3% compared to 23.76m teu in the same period of last year.