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Collection: Cargo Throughput, Monthly

Dataset: Cargo Throughput Breakdown, Monthly Data

Environment Transport

Cargo Throughput Breakdown, Monthly Data

Data from Jan 1995 to Apr 2026

Last updated: 18 May 2026, 09:49 SGT

MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)

Dataset shows the monthly total cargo throughput by type. (Latest month figures are preliminary estimates.)

Cargo throughput by Month

Data explorer

CargoThroughputBreakdownMonthlyData.csv (1.5K rows, 60 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Cargo Type Primary Text	Cargo Type Secondary Text	Cargo Throughput Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Bulk Cargo50.0% General Cargo50.0%	(Null)0.0% Oil25.0% Conventional25.0% Non-Oil Bulk25.0% Containerised25.0%	(Null)0.0%
1995-01	General Cargo	Containerised	12405.51
1995-01	General Cargo	Conventional	1160.21
1995-01	Bulk Cargo	Oil	10530.74
1995-01	Bulk Cargo	Non-Oil Bulk	774.62
1995-02	General Cargo	Containerised	11260.47
1995-02	General Cargo	Conventional	1014.65
1995-02	Bulk Cargo	Oil	10065.75
1995-02	Bulk Cargo	Non-Oil Bulk	613.98
1995-03	General Cargo	Containerised	12957.58
1995-03	General Cargo	Conventional	1218.86

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Cargo Type Primary	cargo_type_primary	Text	-	-
Cargo Type Secondary	cargo_type_secondary	Text	-	-
Cargo Throughput	cargo_throughput	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_835d43b9238c6fc877dfcd62d73054a9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. (2017). Cargo Throughput Breakdown, Monthly Data (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 31, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_835d43b9238c6fc877dfcd62d73054a9/view

About this dataset

Contact

norshazrin_ismail@mpa.gov.sg

Created on

16 Aug 2017

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MPA (Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore)