page_title: Port of Singapore
section_title: Cruise Business
hierarchical_section_title: Port of Singapore / Cruise Business
caption_attribution_description: English: Two ships - Diamond Princess and Voyager of the Seas. Picture is my own work - ship facts from: http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=4647 Taken with iphone - lowres for thumbnail only. Will try to take a better picture shortly.
context_page_description: The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade, and which handle Singapore's harbours and shipping. It is ranked as the top maritime capital of the world since 2015. Currently the world's second-busiest port in terms of total shipping tonnage, it also trans-ships a fifth of the world's shipping containers, half of the world's annual supply of crude oil, and is the world's busiest transshipment port. It was also the busiest port in terms of total cargo tonnage handled until 2005 when it was surpassed by the Port of Shanghai. Thousands of ships drop anchor in the harbour, connecting the port to over 600 other ports in 123 countries and spread over six continents.
  The Port of Singapore is not a mere economic boon, but an economic necessity because Singapore is lacking in land and natural resources. The Port is critical for importing natural resources, and then later re-exporting products after they have been refined and shaped in some manner, for example wafer fabrication or oil refining to generate revenue. The service industries such as hospitality services typical of a port of call restock the food and water supplies on ships.
context_section_description: Port of Singapore also has a terminal for cruise ships. Such cruise lines that homeport there include Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line, and more. Princess will have the place as the largest deployment by a premium cruise line when it deploys Sapphire Princess on three- to eleven-day roundtrip cruises to Asia. More than 40,000 passengers will be sailing on those cruises from November 2014 to February 2015. Stationing the ship in port will bring $50 million under contribution while Princess responds to a growing interest for Singapore-based cruises.
caption: Diamond Princess  &  Voyager of the Seas  docked in Singapore.
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