2008-01-10 21:06:19
SINGAPORE, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Singapore maintained its leading position as the world's busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage, cargo container throughput and bunker volume, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPAS) said Thursday.
Container traffic hit 27.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units(TEUs) in 2007, up 12.7 percent from the 24.8 million TEUs handled in 2006.
The Singapore port handled 483.4 million tons of cargo last year, up 7.8 percent from 2006.
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