Freight traffic at the Port of Singapore in January-October 2018, increased by 0.7% compared to the corresponding period of 2017 to 523.73 million tonnes, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore provisional figures show. Handling of oil cargo fell by 5.3% to 182.97 million tonnes, dry bulk cargo – down 6.6% to 14.15 million tonnes million tonnes. Container traffic grew by 9.8% to 30.45 million TEUs. Singapore is the city-state located on an island in the South-East Asia. In 2017, the port handled 626.17 million tonnes of cargo.
Cargo throughput at the Port of Singapore grew 0.7%, YoY, in the first 10 months of 2018 to 523.73 million metric tonnes (mt), according to data from the city's Maritime and Port Authority. The port is Singapore's largest container port, handling more than 1.02 billion TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) last year.