Singapore handled a total of 27.9 million TEU last year, an increase of 12.7 per cent over its 2006 throughput of 24.8 million TEU, according to figures from the Lion City's port authority.
Singapore surged ahead of Hong Kong, which only moved a total of 23.9 million TEU last year. Shanghai is now the second biggest box port with a 2007 volume of 26.2 million TEU.
According to the Shanghai Port and Shipping Bureau, the volume of general cargo handled by the largest mainland seaport totalled 560 million tonnes, making it the world's leading marine port.
Container volumes handled by Hong Kong's various terminals in December dropped 0.9 per cent year-on-year to 2.12 million TEU, according to the Hong Kong's Port Development Council.
The Kwai Tsing container terminal where the bulk of Hong Kong's shipping traffic is handled with operators such as Wharf's Modern Terminal and Hutchison Whampoa's Hong Kong International Terminal, recorded a throughput of 1.53 million TEU in December, up 11 per cent from a year earlier.
However, other cargo-handling areas recorded a total throughput of 590,000 TEU, down 22.4 per cent from a year ago.
Hong Kong's total container throughput last year (23.9 million TEU) was up 1.5 per cent from 2006.
Kwai Tsing container terminal accounted for 17.32 million TEU of the 2007 volume, up 7.9 per cent from 2006, while other cargo-handling areas processed 6.56 million TEUs, down 12.4 per cent.
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