The Port of Singapore

Singapore is home to one if the world’s busiest sea ports

It is currently the world’s second-busiest port behind Shanghai in China in terms of total shipping tonnage. It also transships a fifthof the world’s shipping containers, half of the world’s annual supply of crude oil, and is the world’s busiest transshipment port.

Because of its strategic location, Singapore has been a significant entrepôt and trading post for at least two centuries.

It was a key stopping off point for Chinese traders in the Middle Ages as they pioneered the maritime silk route linking Asia to the Middle East and Africa . And when the British colonised the island at the beginning of the 19th century it’s role as a port was critical in supporting the explanding British Empire . It remained so for the next 150 years .

In recent decades Singapore’s ports have not become just a mere economic boon for the country, but an economic necessity because Singapore is lacking in land and natural resources.

The Port of Singapore is also the world’s largest bunkering port. The majority of ships that pass between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean go through the Singapore Strait.

Destination – Singapore