SINGAPORE has been named the best seaport in Asia for the 21st time in 23 years, beating Hong Kong and Klang in Malaysia.
It received the honour at the 23rd Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA)in Hong Kong on Wednesday night.
'It is the support of ship owners and operators and international maritime communities that has helped maritime Singapore gain global prominence,' said Brigadier-General (NS) Tay Lim Heng, the outgoing chief executive of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
'Winning the award for the best seaport in Asia for the 21st time affirms the confidence the maritime community has in Singapore as its port of choice in Asia.'
The MPA was on hand to receive the award at AFSCA, an annual event organised by leading shipping and supply chain publication Cargonews Asia.
More than 12,200 readers of Cargonews Asia are polled to select best-in-class companies in 42 industry specific categories.
Singapore has won this category 21 times since 1987.
Last year was a good year for Singapore's maritime and port sector as it hit new highs in vessel arrival tonnage, container throughput and bunkering volumes.
Vessel arrivals rose by 11.1 per cent from the year before to hit 1.6 billion gross tons (GT). It also handled 7.1 per cent more containers at 29.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) - the most in the world - and sold a record 24.9 million tonnes of bunker fuel.
Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times
