The Port Authority of Singapore has announced that it handled a billion gross tons of maritime cargo earlier this year than ever before The port reached the mark on Aug. 14 with the arrival of the 50,243-ton container ship APL Australia. The cargo mark was achieved ahead of the previous early mark set in September 2007. Volume totaled 1.459 billion gross tons in 2007; 1.315 billion gross tons in 2006; 1.152 billion gross tons in 2005, and 1.042 billion gross tons in 2004.
