| Introduction |
Port Nature: Strait Port, Free Port, Basic Port (C, M)
Latitude and longitude: 01 degrees 16 minutes N, 103 degrees 50 minutes E
Route: Southeast Asia
Located on the southern coast of Singapore Island, the Republic of Singapore The REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE, on the southeast side of the Strait of Malacca to the West and on the north side of the Strait of Singapore to the south, it is the largest transit port in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the largest container ports in the world. Also known as Lion City, Star Island or Star Island. The strategic position of the port is very important, which is the main shipping route between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It has been an international trade port since the 13th century, and has now developed into an internationally famous transit port. Singapore Port is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of the country. The main industries are electronics and electrical appliances, oil refining and ship repair. The high-tech industry has developed rapidly. It has become the main producer of computer disks and integrated circuits in the world, as well as the oil refining industry. It is one of the three major oil refining centers in the world. In addition to the three pillars of industry, there are also textile, food, transportation equipment, construction and other more developed. Singapore is also an aviation hub in Europe, Asia and Oceania. Tourism is also one of the main sources of foreign exchange. Natural resources are scarce in Singapore, and half of all food and vegetables are imported.
The harbor has a tropical rainforest climate. The average annual temperature ranges from 24 to 27 degrees Celsius. It rains from October to March every year. The annual average rainfall is 2400 mm. It is a full-day tidal port with an average tidal range of 2.2m.
Singapore port has superior natural conditions, spacious waters and few storms. The area under the jurisdiction is 538 square meters. The water depth is suitable. Ships with draft water of about 13 meters can enter and berth smoothly. The port equipment is advanced and perfect. A computerized information system is adopted. Simplification and convenience of user procedures are also sought.
Loading and unloading equipment includes various shore cranes, door cranes, baggage-collecting box cranes, truck cranes, forklifts, unloaders, lifters, tractors, tugboats and ro-ro facilities. The maximum lifting capacity of floating cranes is 203 tons, the maximum power of tugboats is 1400 kW, and oil pipelines with diameters of 150-600 mm are used for loading and unloading oil. There are also a number of berths at sea, with a maximum capacity of 350,000 tons of supertankers. Danjung Bage Terminal is a special container terminal with nine main berths and three branch berths. Six berths are reliable and six "third generation" container ships operate at the same time. The container yard can store 31,000 TEUs. There are the latest rubber tyre loaders and unloaders for stacking containers. The maximum lifting capacity of these loaders is 40 tons, the span is 22.7 m, the lifting height is 19 m, the axle base is 8 m, the running speed is 17 m/min, 70 m/mjn in transverse movement, 134 m/min in travel, and the maximum stacking capacity is 7 layers. The ordinary loaders can only stack 5 layers, and can automatically place the hook on the required position above the container. In addition, there are no electronic weights for 16 lanes at the two gates. Surrounding Yulang Wharf is the largest Yulang Industrial Zone in Singapore. It plays a certain role in the export and import of dry, liquid and bulk cargo to the wharf. The wharf has nine deep-water berths, the maximum capacity of which is 300,000 tons of ships, 85,000 square meters of warehouse, 234,000 square meters of stockyard, 48,000 tons of barn capacity and chain belt dry bulk cargo unloader, which can directly transport cargo to warehouse and bulk cargo. Its handling capacity is 14,000 tons per day. The refinery has a storage capacity of 800,000 cubic meters and a refining capacity of 1.2 million barrels (about 160,000 tons) per day, ranking third in the world, after Rotterdam and Houston. As early as 1891, Singapore began its re-export trade. Free trade zones are distributed in the port area, covering an area of 4.05 square kilometres and the length of the wharf shoreline is 4.83 kilometres. The transit goods warehouse is 120,000 square meters and the open yard is 84,000 square meters.
In recent years, Singapore Port has become the busiest port in the world. There are more than 250 routes to and from all over the world. About 130 ship companies from 80 countries and regions enter and leave the port day and night, with an average of one ship entering and leaving every 12 minutes. Within a year, the world's existing cargo ships berthed in Singapore once, so Singapore has the name of "the world's most efficient port". More than 200 flights from more than 30 national airlines take off and land frequently at Singapore airports every day. Singapore's container throughput surpassed that of Hong Kong in 1990 and 1991 and ranked first in the world. Since 1992, although Singapore has reached 7.56 million TEUs, Hong Kong has reached 7.97 million TEUs, which was taken the first place by Hong Kong. Until 1994, Singapore's containers swallowed 10.4 million TFU and still ranked second in the world. In 1992, Singapore's cargo throughput reached 238 million tons, one of the world's three major ports. The main import and export goods are petroleum, machinery and equipment, electronic and electrical appliances, fertilizers, cement, cereals, sugar, rubber, flour, chemical products, mineral sand, industrial raw materials, food, wood, coconut sleeves, coconut dried, palm fruit, fruits and groceries. Overtime can be arranged during holidays. In order to build the largest container terminal in Asia, Singapore Port Authority is building the second largest container terminal on BRANI Island opposite Danjong Bagg Terminal. After completion, it will have five main berths and four branch berths, with an area of 800,000 square meters and a storage capacity of 15,000 TEUs. It is expected that after completion, the annual throughput capacity of containers will reach 13 million TEUs in order to maintain the new capacity. Singapore's competitiveness in maritime freight transport. |
