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CONGESTION is mounting at the Pots of Singapore due to shipping disruptions caused by the Red Sea crisis, reports the Straits Times.
To cope with the problem - blamed on the Red Sea crisis - the republic has opened three additional berths ahead of schedule at its projected Tuas megaport.
Two other Tuas port berths will commence operations in October and December, Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said in his replies to several parliamentary questions.
The new berths are part of the phased opening of the US$20 billion Tuas Port, where a total of nine container berths have already opened, including the one made operational on July 1.
Earlier this year, port operator PSA also reactivated some of the berths and yard space at its Keppel and Tanjong Pagar city terminals, which had been closed as operations move to Tuas Port by 2027.
Its Pasir Panjang terminal will remain open to support the transition to Tuas Port, which will be able to handle 65 million TEU when fully completed in the 2040s, making it the world's largest automated port.
PSA has been ramping up container handling capacity to ease waiting times for incoming container vessels at the Singapore port terminals, about 90 per cent of which are arriving off-schedule, compared with an average of about 77 per cent for 2023, Mr Chee said.
https://www.shippingazette.com/news?news_id=9240700000403
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