Keppel Container Terminal in Singapore

The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Singapore's harbours and which handle Singapore's shipping. Currently the world's busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also handles a quarter of the world's shipping containers as the world's busiest container port, half of the world's annual supply of crude oil, and is the world's busiest transshipment port. It was also the busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2005, when it was surpassed by Shanghai. Thousands of ships drop anchor in the harbour, connecting the port to over 600 other ports in 123 countries and spread over six continents. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 667 KB) Summary Ready to meet the demands of tomorrow. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 667 KB) Summary Ready to meet the demands of tomorrow. ... A container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are loaded or unloaded from ships to land vehicles, for further transport. ... For other uses, see Harbor (disambiguation). ... Damaged package The Panama canal. ... The worlds busiest port is contested by several ports around the world, as there is as yet no standardised means of evaluating port performance and traffic. ... This is a list of the worlds busiest seaports by shipping tonnage, a measure of total volume of ships utilising the port, irrespective of actual cargo carried. ... This is a list of the worlds busiest container seaports. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and elaion – oil or Latin oleum – oil ) or crude oil is a thick, dark brown or greenish liquid. ... This is a list of the Worlds busiest transshipment ports ranked by their total containarised transshipment cargo handled. ... This is a list of the worlds busiest seaports by cargo tonnage, the total mass of actual cargo transported through the port. ...

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History

The port's activities was originally centered around the mouth of the Singapore River around what was called the Old Harbour. However, it was the deep and sheltered waters in the nearby Keppel Harbour which would excite Stamford Raffles enough to establish a new colony for Britain in the then sparsely populated village. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... Singapore River The Singapore River is a small river in terms of physical attributes, but of extreme historical importance to the country of Singapore, the political entity which shares its name. ... About Keppel Harbor in Singapore is one of the worlds largest container-handling facilities, situated near to the City states Central Business District. ... Thomas Stamford Raffles. ...

By the 1980s, maritime trading activity had ceased in the vicinity of the River except in the form of maritime passenger transport, as other terminals and harbours took over its role. Keppel Harbour is now home to three container terminals. Other terminals were built in Pasir Panjang, Jurong as well as Sembawang in the north. Today, the port operations in Singapore are handled by two players: PSA International (formerly the Port of Singapore Authority) and Jurong Port, who collectively operate 6 container terminals and 3 general purpose terminals around Singapore. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Damaged package The Panama canal. ... It has been suggested that Commerce be merged into this article or section. ... A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination. ... A container terminal is a facility where sea containers are loaded and unloaded from and to lorries, trains or ships for further transport. ... Pasir Panjang is an area in the south-western part of Singapore. ... Jurong is a constituency and town of Singapore, located in the western part of the mainland, in the West Region. ... // Sembawang Group Representation Constituency. ... Logo PSA International Pte Ltd is the worlds second largest port operator in terms of container throughput handled, and is headquartered in Singapore, the base of its biggest operations where it has an overwhelming presence in the Port of Singapore. ... Jurong Port Pte Ltd is the second port operator in Singapore after being awarded its port licence by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore in 2001, the year it was corporatised. ...

The Pasir Panjang Container Terminal lies to the left and Jurong Port in the background of this panoramic view of the southwestern part of Singapore, showing the southern parts of Queenstown, and Clementi and Jurong.

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Operations

Ships laying at anchor outside the Port of Singapore.

The port is the world's busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage handled, with 1.15 billion gross tons (GT) handled in 2005. In terms of cargo tonnage, Singapore is ranked second behind Shanghai with 423 million tons handled. The port retains its position as the world's busiest hub for transhipment traffic in 2005, and is also the world's biggest bunkering hub, with 25 million tonnes sold in the same year. [1] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 528 pixel Image in higher resolution (1276 × 842 pixel, file size: 208 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Singapore... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 528 pixel Image in higher resolution (1276 × 842 pixel, file size: 208 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Port of Singapore... The worlds busiest port is contested by several ports around the world, as there is as yet no standardised means of evaluating port performance and traffic. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ... A long ton (sometimes known as a gross ton or weight ton) is the name used in the US for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as used (alongside the metric system) in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Transshipment is the shipment of goods to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination. ...

Singapore is ranked first globally in 2005 in terms of containerised traffic, with 23.2 million Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled. High growth in containerised traffic has seen the port overtaking Hong Kong since the first quarter of 2005 [2], and has led the race ever since, with an estimated 19,335 TEUs handled in the year up to October, compared to 18,640 TEUs handled in Hong Kong in the same period. A rise in regional traffic consolidating the port's position in Southeast Asia, and increases in transhipment traffic using the strategic East Asia-Europe route via Singapore helped the port to emerge tops at the end of the year, a title it had not held since overtaking Hong Kong once in 1998. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thousands of shipping containers at the terminal at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey A container ship being loaded by a portainer crane in Copenhagen Harbour A container freight train in England Part of an American doublestack container train Containerization is a system of intermodal cargo transport using standard ISO containers that... Containers in the port of Kotka (Finland) on the Baltic Sea. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

The TORBEN SPIRIT at anchor in Singapore.

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Operators

PSA Singapore's Container facilities includes:

• Container berths: 41
• Quay length: 11,754 m
• Area: 3.89 km²
• Max draft: 16 m
• Quay cranes: 131
• Designed capacity: 22,600 kTEU

Four new berths at Pasir Panjang Container Terminal is now under construction, and the resulting figures will stand at: Pasir Panjang is an area in the south-western part of Singapore. ...

• Container berths: 45
• Quay length: 13,000 m
• Area: 4.45 km²
• Maximum draft: 16 m
• Quay cranes: 147
• Designed capacity: 25,400 kTEU

Jurong Port's facilities include:

• Berths: 23
• Berth length: 4,545 m
• Maximum vessel draft: 16 m
• Maximum vessel size: 150,000 dwt
• Area: 1.2 km² Free Trade Zone, 320,000 m² non-Free Trade Zone
• Warehouse facilities: 280,000 m²

Terminals

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Expansion

External links

• Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
• Port operational statistics
• Singapore Maritime Portal
• History of Singapore Harbor (Year 1851)