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Port of Singapore, PSA
Singapour, Singapore1.26°N 103.84°E
computed criticality31/100
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41.1 M TEU in 2024, world's leading transshipment hub
2024Fault line
Anchored to the Strait of Malacca, Singapore is the pivot of world transshipment: a major share of the containers passing through merely change ships. It is also the planet's leading bunkering port, on which the fuelling of the Asia-Europe fleet depends. The 2024 congestion, caused by Red Sea reroutings, showed how quickly this node saturates.
Actors
PSA International (Singapore)
MPA, Maritime and Port Authority (Singapore)
Depends on 2
Strait of MalaccaChokepoints · Planetary chokepoint↗ZPMC, port cranes, Changxing IslandChokepoints · Critical anchor↗Shocks endured
Red Sea: the Houthis effectively close Bab-el-MandebNov 19, 2023↗Sources