Singapore port handles lesser containers in February

Last month, Singapore moved 2.74m teu of containers, a decrease of 2.8% compared to 2.82m teu handled in February 2018, MPA figures showed.

February throughput was also lower on a month-on-month comparison with January registering 3m teu.

In the first two months of this year, Singapore recorded a total throughput of 5.74m teu, inching down 1.4% compared to 5.82m teu posted in the previous corresponding period.

In 2018, Singapore moved a record high throughput of 36.6m teu, up from 33.67m teu seen in 2017.

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