Singapore port readies for Suez Canal backlog
Singapore, the world’s largest container transhipment port, is readying itself for a backlog of ships and cargoes from the closure of the Suez Canal in late March.
Singapore, the world’s largest container transhipment port, is readying itself for a backlog of ships and cargoes from the closure of the Suez Canal in late March.
A coalition of European ports and other stakeholders have launched SWINg, a platform to standardise data exchange for inland shipping.
Haropa Ports’ container throughput fell 14% year-on-year in 2020 to 2.4m teu, impacted by the difficult economic situation, despite a rebound in volumes for the second half of the year.
The country’s dozen state-owned ports handled a combined 477.755 million tonnes (mt) of cargo during April to December, 8.8 per cent lower than the 523.844 mt in the same period last year.