Ranking of Singapore seaport are top 2 at World Container Ports by TEU and top 2 at world's busiest seaports by cargo tonnage.
Port activities Singapore started at the Singapore River in the early years of Singapore’s founding in 1819, when Sir Stamford Raffles first established a trading post here to further British influence in the region. The early economic policy of a free port status promulgated by Raffles, allowed unrestricted movement of goods through the Singapore River’s calm waters, and trade flourished thereafter. (Yap, 1990) To cope with increased trade demands, port facilities at Keppel included wharves and dry docks, with Asia’s largest dry dock, the Kings Dry Dock completed in 1938. (National Library Board, 2014) When 1965 the …show more content…
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• At any one time, there are about 1,000 vessels in the Singapore port.
• Every 2-3 minutes, a ship arrives or leaves Singapore.
• Vessels passing through the Singapore Strait are monitored by the Maritime and Port Authority's (MPA) Port Operations Control Centre, using the Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS), which has the capability of handling up to 10,000 tracks at any one time.
• Singapore is well-connected to 600 ports in over 120 countries.
• Although Singapore does not produce any oil, it is the top bunkering (ship refueling) ports in the world. In 2015, more than 45 million tons of bunkers were lifted in Singapore. This is enough to fill over 17,000 Olympic-sized pools.
• The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) is among the top 10 largest registries in the world. Today, the SRS has over 4,500 vessels registered with it.
• Singapore commands about 70% share of the world's jack-up rig-building market and 70% of the global floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) platforms market.
• Singapore has been a council member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 1993.
• In today's interconnected world of commerce, more than 90% of the world's trade is carried by
Port activities Singapore started at the Singapore River in the early years of Singapore’s founding in 1819, when Sir Stamford Raffles first established a trading post here to further British influence in the region. The early economic policy of a free port status promulgated by Raffles, allowed unrestricted movement of goods through the Singapore River’s calm waters, and trade flourished thereafter. (Yap, 1990) To cope with increased trade demands, port facilities at Keppel included wharves and dry docks, with Asia’s largest dry dock, the Kings Dry Dock completed in 1938. (National Library Board, 2014) When 1965 the …show more content…
• Dedicated to Customers - We help our external and internal customers succeed by anticipating and meeting their …show more content…
• At any one time, there are about 1,000 vessels in the Singapore port.
• Every 2-3 minutes, a ship arrives or leaves Singapore.
• Vessels passing through the Singapore Strait are monitored by the Maritime and Port Authority's (MPA) Port Operations Control Centre, using the Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS), which has the capability of handling up to 10,000 tracks at any one time.
• Singapore is well-connected to 600 ports in over 120 countries.
• Although Singapore does not produce any oil, it is the top bunkering (ship refueling) ports in the world. In 2015, more than 45 million tons of bunkers were lifted in Singapore. This is enough to fill over 17,000 Olympic-sized pools.
• The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) is among the top 10 largest registries in the world. Today, the SRS has over 4,500 vessels registered with it.
• Singapore commands about 70% share of the world's jack-up rig-building market and 70% of the global floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) platforms market.
• Singapore has been a council member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 1993.
• In today's interconnected world of commerce, more than 90% of the world's trade is carried by