Container throughput continued to rise by 2.5 percent month-on-month to 2.28 million TEUs last month in Singapore, although the slower rate of increase from the 5.6 percent rise the preceding month seems to suggest that the sector’s recovery is reaching a plateau, the Shipping Times reported.

And this was moreover still a 13.8 percent fall from the 2.6 million boxes moved in August last year. Bunker sales were also slightly lower in August, falling to 3.06 million tonnes from 3.07 million tonnes the previous month, and down 2.8 per cent from 3.15 million tonnes in August last year.

PSA’s August throughput of 2.22 million TEUs was higher than the previous month’s 2.16 million TEUs. However this was still lower than the 2.55 million TEUs the year before. Year-to-date, throughput fell 17.2 per cent to 16.35 million TEUs in the first eight months of this year compared with the 19.75 million TEUs up to the same point last year.

At Jurong Port, throughput was flat at 59,000 TEUs, exactly the same as the month before. Year-on-year, throughput fell 33 percent from 88,000 TEUs the year before.

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• Shanghai, Shenzhen, Ningbo outperform Ports

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• Malaysian ports increased container throughput of 10% in 2nd Quarter

     Malaysian ports handled 10 percent more containers in the second quarter of the year compared to the first, reflecting a recovery in both domestic and transhipment cargo, the Business Times reported. Container traffic at the 10 major ports rose to 3.79 million TEUs from 3.44 million in the periods reviewed. Transhipment traffic,

• November in Singapore container throughput up 1.7%

    Singapore port’s container throughput has finally turned into positive year-on-year figures, posting a 1.7 per cent rise to 2.33 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in November from 2.29 million TEUs in the previous corresponding period. However this is probably due less to an actual improvement in volumes than the fact

• Marseille-Fos increased volumes Box This Year

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• India Container case, 6 percent in the first half

     Container throughput at major ports in India fell 6.32 percent during the first half of fiscal 2009-10 ending Sept. 30, according to latest traffic figures released by the Indian Ports Association. While most gateway hubs are still reporting lower volumes compared to the previous fiscal year, the declines have slowed in

• China port cargo grow by 3.9% in seven months

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