Il porto di Singapore chiude il 2008 con risultati record, ma avverte i primi segnali della crisi

Il porto di Singapore ha chiuso il 2008 con volumi di traffico record registrando un sensibile aumento dell'attività rispetto all'anno precedente. Tuttavia i dati della fine dello scorso anno indicano che, come la quasi totalità dei porti mondiali, lo scalo ha iniziato ad avvertire in maniera accentuata gli effetti della recesssione economica mondiale.

Nel 2008 il porto di Singapore ha movimentato complessivamente un traffico record di 515,3 milioni di tonnellate di merci, con una crescita del 6,5% rispetto all'anno precedente. Nel settore dei container il traffico è stato pari a 29.918.200 teu, in aumento del 7,1% rispetto al 2007, un dato che conferma Singapore al primo posto nella graduatoria dei porti container mondiali. Nel 2008 i terminal del porto operati dal gruppo PSA hanno movimentato complessivamente 29,0 milioni di teu, con una crescita del 7,0 rispetto a 27,1 milioni di teu nel 2007.

Inoltre lo scorso anno il porto di Singapore ha totalizzato un nuovo record del tonnellaggio di stazza lorda delle navi arrivate in porto con complessive 1,6 miliardi di tonnellate (+11,1%), di cui il 36,5% è costituito da navi portacontainer e il 29,9% da navi cisterna. Record anche per le vendite di bunker, che sono ammontate a 34,9 milionoi di tonnellate (+10,7%) e per la consistenza della flotta immatricolata nel registro navale di Singapore, che alla fine del 2008 ha raggiunto 43,7 milioni di tonnellate di stazza lorda (+10,4%).

Lo scorso mese di dicembre il traffico complessivo delle merci è stato di 35,1 milioni di tonnellate, con una riduzione del 18,4% rispetto al dicembre 2007. Si tratta di una decisa contrazione che segue un rallentamento dell'attività registrato già nei precedenti mesi di novembre ed ottobre (rispettivamente +0,7% e -2,5%), che a loro volta erano erano stati preceduti da 32 mesi consecutivi di aumento del traffico. Lo scorso dicembre il traffico dei container è diminuito del 13,1% rispetto al dicembre 2007.


Port of Singapore
Port Statistics
* Preliminary estimates
(Source: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)

TOTAL CARGO
(in '000 tonnes)
Port of Singapore Port Statistics * Preliminary estimates (Source: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)

TOTAL CARGO
(in '000 tonnes)

	Total Cargo	General Cargo		Bulk Cargo
	Total Cargo	Containerised	Conventional	Oil	Non-Oil Bulk
2000	325,591.1	185,857.0	13,719.8	113,329.4	12,684.9
2001	313,487.0	171,208.6	14,867.1	113,759.1	13,652.2
2002	335,155.9	183,954.9	14,565.6	120,667.3	15,968.1
2003	347,694.1	191,687.6	14,759.9	123,374.7	17,872.0
2004	393,417.6	223,503.3	17,378.2	129,328.2	23,207.9
2005	423,267.6	241,973.0	20,292.1	137,826.2	23,176.3
2006	448,503.9	258,553.0	22,840.3	153,029.5	14,081.2
2007	483,616.1	289,094.2	25,823.2	157,382.3	11,316.4
2008	515,049.8	308,489.6	27,929.9	166,997.7	11,632.6

2007
Jan	38,394.8	22,331.6	1,719.7	13,454.0	889.5
Feb	35,288.4	21,553.8	1,871.1	11,017.4	846.2
Mar	42,405.2	24,011.6	2,203.3	15,215.0	975.3
Apr	40,394.6	23,708.7	1,945.9	13,751.4	988.6
May	39,753.2	24,433.4	2,192.0	12,269.6	858.2
Jun	40,672.5	23,870.0	2,108.4	13,607.9	1,086.3
Jul	41,426.9	25,375.2	2,352.8	12,826.4	872.5
Aug	40,231.7	25,201.5	2,200.8	11,906.6	922.8
Sep	40,191.3	23,856.3	1,986.6	13,435.5	912.8
Oct	41,916.4	24,457.7	2,398.0	13,967.1	1,093.6
Nov	39,871.3	24,359.3	2,346.4	12,357.3	808.2
Dec	43,069.8	25,935.1	2,498.1	13,574.2	1,062.4

2008
Jan	44,314.1	25,984.5	2,196.7	15,330.5	802.4
Feb	40,388.7	24,240.6	2,146.8	13,149.4	852.0
Mar	46,800.2	27,329.3	2,444.2	16,171.0	855.7
Apr	46,604.8	26,910.4	2,466.6	16,256.7	971.1
May	45,893.7	28,327.6	2,377.3	14,260.0	928.9
Jun	44,132.5	26,763.8	2,510.5	13,733.9	1,124.3
Jul	46,417.4	28,222.6	2,518.4	14,604.1	1,072.3
Aug	42,388.8	27,283.6	2,418.8	11,837.1	849.2
Sep	41,932.6	25,929.0	2,181.1	12,849.7	972.8
Oct	40,886.3	24,886.3	2,338.2	12,447.5	1,214.3
Nov	40,142.5	22,061.6	2,284.5	14,749.4	1,047.1
Dec*	35,148.2	20,550.6	2,046.8	11,608.3	942.4





TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHPUT
(in '000 TEUs)

	Total
2000	17,086.9
2001	15,571.1
2002	16,940.9
2003	18,410.5
2004	21,329.1
2005	23,192.2
2006	24,792.4
2007	27,935.5
2008	29,918.2

2007
Jan	2,170.5
Feb	2,117.7
Mar	2,290.9
Apr	2,221.4
May	2,349.1
Jun	2,320.6
Jul	2,444.1
Aug	2,456.7
Sep	2,356.1
Oct	2,402.8
Nov	2,323.3
Dec	2,482.2

2008
Jan	2,455.6
Feb	2,308.4
Mar	2,567.1
Apr	2,534.1
May	2,633.0
Jun	2,527.0
Jul	2,729.1
Aug	2,641.5
Sep	2,555.7
Oct	2,522.0
Nov	2,288.5
Dec*	2,156.2





VESSEL ARRIVALS
(BY NUMBER)

	Total	Contai- ners	Freight- ers	Coasters	Bulk Carriers	Tankers	Passen- gers	Regional Ferries	Barges	Tugs	Miscel- laneous
2000	145,383	16,971	5,178	3,678	4,291	15,885	1,222	53,029	19,972	14,874	10,283
2001	146,265	17,049	5,295	4,270	5,061	16,504	1,281	52,735	18,759	15,235	10,076
2002	142,745	16,418	4,867	5,869	5,097	16,919	765	53,209	15,995	13,704	9,902
2003	135,386	16,155	4,477	6,091	5,298	17,084	470	49,149	14,651	12,597	9,414
2004	133,185	17,333	4,386	5,897	5,327	17,576	398	46,733	13,947	12,274	9,314
2005	130,318	18,415	4,594	5,228	6,636	17,315	472	43,030	12,904	11,853	9,871
2006	128,922	19,161	4,610	4,909	7,912	18,195	790	37,986	12,789	12,561	10,009
2007	128,568	19,946	4,873	4,991	8,653	19,312	731	36,530	11,600	11,772	10,160
2008	131,695	20,589	5,083	4,619	9,280	19,460	1,023	32,643	14,047	13,736	11,215

2007
Jan	10,918	1,634	421	427	755	1,618	56	3,092	1,072	1,011	832
Feb	9,604	1,495	365	366	639	1,485	58	2,783	803	833	777
Mar	10,501	1,648	407	420	729	1,675	64	3,037	768	887	866
Apr	10,252	1,631	399	406	713	1,607	51	2,994	778	845	828
May	10,631	1,695	389	432	734	1,591	62	3,084	887	905	852
Jun	10,585	1,624	393	428	757	1,613	75	3,033	921	950	791
Jul	11,070	1,711	409	405	743	1,649	51	3,130	1,081	1,057	834
Aug	11,146	1,713	416	401	751	1,611	60	3,193	1,106	1,063	832
Sep	10,986	1,673	386	407	708	1,639	53	3,072	1,098	1,085	865
Oct	11,083	1,729	434	393	713	1,640	65	3,050	1,091	1,081	887
Nov	10,783	1,688	410	453	701	1,565	58	3,022	1,000	1,015	871
Dec	11,009	1,705	444	453	710	1,619	78	3,040	995	1,040	925

2008
Jan	11,058	1,755	442	473	786	1,610	79	2,773	1,122	1,111	907
Feb	10,043	1,605	389	371	696	1,477	83	2,677	940	937	868
Mar	11,123	1,744	454	373	754	1,685	93	2,887	1,126	1,109	898
Apr	11,149	1,712	403	437	821	1,739	93	2,727	1,164	1,130	923
May	11,429	1,801	393	427	839	1,637	87	2,871	1,185	1,218	971
Jun	10,879	1,701	385	430	668	1,664	83	2,657	1,195	1,141	955
Jul	11,378	1,797	407	462	755	1,639	85	2,704	1,317	1,217	995
Aug	11,201	1,749	446	375	792	1,707	75	2,721	1,181	1,145	1,010
Sep	10,760	1,687	436	342	714	1,579	76	2,565	1,230	1,179	952
Oct	10,897	1,684	453	307	785	1,526	99	2,705	1,219	1,182	937
Nov	10,741	1,659	441	320	783	1,564	94	2,615	1,188	1,179	898
Dec*	11,037	1,695	434	302	887	1,633	76	2,741	1,180	1,188	901




TANKER ARRIVALS
(BY NUMBER AND GT)

	Total		Oil Tankers		Chemical Tankers		LNG & LPG Tankers
	No.	GT ('000)	No.	GT ('000)	No.	GT ('000)	No.	GT ('000)
2000	15,885	294,500	13,097	260,716	1,483	10,124	1,305	23,660
2001	16,504	304,299	13,255	262,825	1,840	12,851	1,409	28,623
2002	16,919	313,271	13,148	264,325	2,328	16,329	1,443	32,617
2003	17,084	311,770	12,943	259,533	2,777	19,734	1,364	32,503
2004	17,576	331,720	12,930	276,537	3,241	24,520	1,405	30,664
2005	17,315	349,630	12,748	294,343	3,278	27,254	1,289	28,032
2006	18,195	405,573	13,342	335,677	3,366	28,386	1,487	41,510
2007	19,312	445,448	14,343	367,249	3,511	29,635	1,458	48,564
2008	19,460	484,415	13,756	378,629	3,843	34,226	1,861	71,561

2007
Jan	1,618	36,324	1,189	30,354	305	2,569	124	3,400
Feb	1,485	32,924	1,096	27,686	284	2,281	105	2,958
Mar	1,675	38,866	1,270	33,140	282	2,360	123	3,367
Apr	1,607	36,623	1,180	30,444	317	2,723	110	3,456
May	1,591	36,415	1,183	30,844	299	2,452	109	3,118
Jun	1,613	36,467	1,206	30,744	298	2,538	109	3,184
Jul	1,649	38,673	1,247	32,009	284	2,324	118	4,340
Aug	1,611	35,974	1,197	29,560	295	2,435	119	3,979
Sep	1,639	40,937	1,215	33,314	286	2,357	138	5,266
Oct	1,640	37,972	1,235	31,586	289	2,430	116	3,956
Nov	1,565	37,027	1,150	29,475	285	2,389	130	5,163
Dec	1,619	37,247	1,175	28,093	287	2,777	157	6,377

2008
Jan	1,610	40,338	1,190	32,024	278	2,359	142	5,954
Feb	1,477	38,329	1,059	30,722	274	2,509	144	5,098
Mar	1,685	44,309	1,211	35,298	310	2,885	164	6,126
Apr	1,739	45,958	1,258	36,663	321	2,685	160	6,610
May	1,637	40,944	1,165	31,659	297	2,701	175	6,583
Jun	1,664	40,314	1,159	31,327	346	2,925	159	6,062
Jul	1,639	38,072	1,155	28,991	334	2,956	150	6,125
Aug	1,707	43,236	1,197	33,040	349	3,262	161	6,934
Sep	1,579	40,299	1,098	31,243	318	2,764	163	6,292
Oct	1,526	37,322	1,041	29,003	339	3,028	146	5,291
Nov	1,564	37,775	1,080	29,433	328	2,904	156	5,438
Dec*	1,633	37,520	1,143	29,225	349	3,248	141	5,048




VESSEL CALLS BY PURPOSE
(BY NUMBER)

	Cargo	Repairs	Bunkers	Supplies	Others
2000	54,466	4,596	21,233	15,674	92,232
2001	54,410	6,760	21,649	15,402	92,944
2002	52,624	7,961	21,214	16,385	89,405
2003	52,182	7,924	21,694	15,906	81,901
2004	54,913	6,687	22,804	15,808	75,674
2005	54,225	6,124	24,652	15,949	71,858
2006	54,314	6,304	27,103	18,078	68,821
2007	54,844	5,995	29,729	18,736	66,704
2008	56,729	6,588	31,892	20,199	68,844

2007
Jan	4,601	478	2,484	1,562	5,575
Feb	4,033	523	2,224	1,384	4,954
Mar	4,508	555	2,494	1,539	5,474
Apr	4,316	407	2,477	1,549	5,228
May	4,534	449	2,494	1,515	5,504
Jun	4,557	445	2,486	1,505	5,455
Jul	4,720	498	2,532	1,568	5,689
Aug	4,768	545	2,521	1,532	5,887
Sep	4,712	567	2,491	1,621	5,781
Oct	4,797	535	2,528	1,644	5,762
Nov	4,626	506	2,406	1,601	5,691
Dec	4,672	487	2,592	1,716	5,704

2008
Jan	4,823	548	2,671	1,672	5,703
Feb	4,209	505	2,449	1,625	5,209
Mar	4,756	549	2,742	1,680	5,861
Apr	4,780	524	2,765	1,749	5,773
May	4,909	557	2,754	1,745	6,149
Jun	4,801	490	2,482	1,681	5,716
Jul	5,078	596	2,677	1,740	5,959
Aug	4,845	593	2,770	1,749	5,798
Sep	4,660	585	2,546	1,626	5,597
Oct	4,687	570	2,677	1,613	5,789
Nov	4,583	523	2,626	1,649	5,580
Dec*	4,598	548	2,733	1,670	5,710




BUNKER SALES
(in '000 tonnes)

	Total	MGO	MDO	MFO 180 cst	MFO 380 cst	Others
2000	18,650.8	1,257.8	296.7	3,178.2	13,240.5	677.6
2001	20,351.6	1,675.3	249.8	3,207.5	14,668.7	550.3
2002	20,096.4	1,752.9	187.1	2,839.5	14,474.2	842.7
2003	20,809.0	1,335.1	166.2	2,803.7	15,071.9	1,432.2
2004	23,566.9	1,378.5	128.4	3,019.6	16,792.0	2,248.5




SINGAPORE REGISTRY OF SHIPS
(as at end of the period)

	Number	'000 GT
2000	3,335	23,043
2001	3,353	23,167
2002	3,355	23,551
2003	3,063	25,572
2004	3,109	27,711
2005	3,219	32,963
2006	3,249	34,793
2007	3,553	39,603
2008	3,843	43,702

2007
Jan	3,285	35,061
Feb	3,294	35,027
Mar	3,319	35,472
Apr	3,339	35,950
May	3,362	36,210
Jun	3,399	36,769
Jul	3,417	37,440
Aug	3,427	37,711
Sep	3,448	38,326
Oct	3,488	38,870
Nov	3,515	39,209
Dec	3,553	39,603

2008
Jan	3,592	39,930
Feb	3,618	40,385
Mar	3,615	40,998
Apr	3,632	41,020
May	3,660	41,475
Jun	3,682	41,798
Jul	3,701	42,084
Aug	3,737	42,482
Sep	3,759	42,581
Oct	3,765	43,125
Nov	3,774	43,190
Dec*	3,843	43,702