Container traffic at the Port of Singapore rose 4.7 percent in July to 2.6 million 20-foot equivalent container units from last year, giving the port its busiest month in at least 19 months.
The port’s handling in July grew 6.3 percent from June.
The port’s total tonnage handling in July rose 5.2 percent to 45.3 million tonnes from the same period in 2010. Overall tonnage handling in July fell 0.7 percent from June, largely due to an 8.2 percent drop in oil throughput.
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