Singapore · Regional expansion
How Singapore’s port reached 44.66 million container units
Singapore handled 44.66 million twenty-foot equivalent units in 2025, up 8.6% from 2024. The series from the Maritime and Port Authority shows throughput above 40 million for the first time in 2024.
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Throughput grew by about 44% between 2015 and 2025 in the two published releases.
Throughput was broadly flat around 37 million for several years
The port handled 37.26 million TEUs in 2019, fell to 36.94 million in 2020 and rose to 37.57 million in 2021. Throughput was 37.29 million in 2022. The next three years brought the series above 39 million and then above 44 million. Source 1 Source 2
A TEU measures standardised container capacity
The authority expresses container throughput in twenty-foot equivalent units. The unit gives a common measure for handling boxes of different lengths. It does not state the weight or value of what those boxes contain. Source 1 Source 2
Ship size and fuel sales have separate measures
MPA reported 3.22 billion gross tonnage of vessel arrivals in 2025 and 56.77 million tonnes of marine fuel sold. Gross tonnage is based on vessel size and fuel tonnes measure mass. Both describe port activity alongside the container count. Source 2
Alternative marine fuel sales also grew
The annual performance update puts alternative marine fuel at 1.95 million tonnes in 2025, up from 1.35 million the year before in that release. The alternative fuel volume was about 3.4% of all fuel sales in 2025. These figures cover sales at the port. Source 2