The Port of Singapore is one of the busiest ports in the world by shipping tonnage and a critical transshipment hub for cargo moving through the Strait of Malacca between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Rather than serving primarily as an origin or destination for goods, much of its traffic consists of containers transferred between ships bound for other ports across Asia, a role made possible by Singapore's position on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. The port has grown through successive generations of container terminals as the government invested continuously to keep pace with rising global trade volumes.
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Completion Year SignificanceThe Port of Singapore is ranked the world's second-busiest port by total shipping tonnage and the world's busiest transshipment port, handling a fifth of the world's shipping containers and half of the world's annual crude oil supplies. 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Port of Singapore
Source Wikipedia: Port of Singapore
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WikipediaHistory section
In 1819, Stamford Raffles, a British colonial official, excited by the deep and sheltered waters in Keppel Harbour, established for the British Empire a new settlement and international trading port on the island.
Overview
Currently, it is ranked as the world's second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, while also transshipping a fifth of the world's shipping containers, and half of the world's annual crude oil supplies, alongside being ranked as the world's busiest transshipment port.
Introduction, current ranking
Currently, it is ranked as the world's second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage.
In Group: Major Seaports, Lead sentence
The Port of Singapore is a collection of facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade and handle Singapore's harbours and shipping.
Operated By: PSA International, Infobox: operated
PSA International Jurong Port
Operated By: Jurong Port, Infobox: operated
PSA International Jurong Port
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