Port of Singapore

Port of Singapore
Pelabuhan Singapura
新加坡港
சிங்கப்பூர் துறைமுகம்
Port of Singapore
Interactive map of Port of Singapore
Pelabuhan Singapura
新加坡港
சிங்கப்பூர் துறைமுகம்
Port of Singapore
Pelabuhan Singapura
新加坡港
சிங்கப்பூர் துறைமுகம்
Location in Singapore
Location
LocationPasir Panjang, Singapore
Coordinates1°15′50″N 103°50′24″E / 1.264°N 103.840°E / 1.264; 103.840
Details
Built1819 (contemporary version)
Operated byPSA International
Jurong Port
Owned byMaritime and Port Authority of Singapore
No. of berths67 (2019)
Street accessAyer Rajah Expressway
Statistics
Annual TEU37.2 million (2019)
Website
https://www.mpa.gov.sg

The Port of Singapore is a collection of facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade and handle Singapore's harbours and shipping. Since 2015, it has been ranked as the world's top maritime capital. Currently, it is ranked as the world's second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, while also transshipping a fifth of the world's shipping containers, and half of the world's annual crude oil supplies, alongside being ranked as the world's busiest transshipment port. Furthermore, it was also ranked as the world's busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2010, when it was surpassed by the Port of Shanghai.

Due to the city-state's strategic location, Singapore has served as a significant entrepôt and trading post on an international level for at least two centuries. During the contemporary era, its ports have been regarded not merely as an economic boon for the country, but as vitally important for the country's economic development since Singapore lacks land and natural resources. Additionally, the port is regarded as particularly important for importing natural resources, and then later re-exporting products after they have been domestically refined and shaped in some manner, for example, wafer fabrication or oil refining to generate value-added revenue. The Port of Singapore is also the world's largest bunkering port. Moreover, the majority of ships that pass between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean go through the Singapore Strait. The Straits of Johor on the country's north are impassable for ships due to the Johor-Singapore Causeway, built in 1923, which links the town of Woodlands, Singapore, to the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia.