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Supply chains

Singapore port ready for demand uptick should Red Sea routes reopen in 2026

Singapore's PSA is prepared for ship rerouting through the Suez Canal, expecting increased demand and potential congestion as schedules adjust.
Singapore's PSA is prepared for ship rerouting through the Suez Canal, expecting increased demand and potential congestion as schedules adjust.

CEO Insights

No more lost or late goods if Maersk can get hot items shipped on time, says Asia-Pacific president

Maersk invests in logistics hubs in Singapore and Malaysia to enhance reliability, offering customers flexibility in cargo routing and storage amidst global disruptions.
Maersk invests in logistics hubs in Singapore and Malaysia to enhance reliability, offering customers flexibility in cargo routing and storage amidst global disruptions.

Does it really matter where our food is grown?

Singapore must be realistic in view of the trade-offs with more critical and competing uses of land resources.
Singapore must be realistic in view of the trade-offs with more critical and competing uses of land resources.

Singapore signs US-led Pax Silica Declaration on AI, global tech supply chain

The declaration states that the countries seek to build and deploy trusted information networks, including fibre-optic cables and data centres.
The declaration states that the countries seek to build and deploy trusted information networks, including fibre-optic cables and data centres.

How Japan built a rare earth supply chain without China

Rare earths extracted from Mount Weld Western Australia are partially purified and the concentrate is then shipped 5,000 miles to the Lynas' facility in Kuantan, Malaysia
Rare earths extracted from Mount Weld Western Australia are partially purified and the concentrate is then shipped 5,000 miles to the Lynas' facility in Kuantan, Malaysia

US launches pact for AI supply chains to face China

The United States signed an agreement on the supply chains with key Asia-Pacific allies.
The United States signed an agreement on the supply chains with key Asia-Pacific allies.

News analysis

JTC lays groundwork for Singapore’s push in world-class advanced manufacturing

The newly completed Bulim Square offers over 110,000 sq m of ready, sustainable factory space to the advanced manufacturing ecosystem.
The newly completed Bulim Square offers over 110,000 sq m of ready, sustainable factory space to the advanced manufacturing ecosystem.

AI frenzy is driving a new global supply chain crisis

Chips at a booth in a mall in Shenzhen. The crunch is unfolding as investors question whether the billions of dollars poured into AI infrastructure have inflated a bubble.
Chips at a booth in a mall in Shenzhen. The crunch is unfolding as investors question whether the billions of dollars poured into AI infrastructure have inflated a bubble.

Singapore named top container port under new global benchmark

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MSC ALIYA container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia next to Double Trolley Quay Cranes at PSA Tuas Port on Oct 21, 2025.

PSA is expecting to move over all their operations at Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, and Brani Terminals to Tuas Port by 2027. Operations at Pasir Panjang Terminal will be consolidated at Tuas Port by 2040s. 

Tuas Port is currently the world’s largest fully automated container terminal and will have an annual handling capacity of 65 million TEUs when it’s fully completed in the 2040s.

Automated equipment and integrated operations systems will be deployed to operate this next generation port. The first set of berths at Tuas Port Phase 1 have started operations since 2021.

Can be used for stories on PSA, port, ship, economy, container, terminal, trade, berth, budget, transshipment, supply chain, operator, business, money, property, land, finance, and financial, maritime, supply chain, port operator, shipping, export, trade war, recession, tariff and transportation.

(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)
ST20251021-202526400572-Lim Yaohui-pixpsa/

MSC ALIYA container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia next to Double Trolley Quay Cranes at PSA Tuas Port on Oct 21, 2025.

PSA is expecting to move over all their operations at Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, and Brani Terminals to Tuas Port by 2027. Operations at Pasir Panjang Terminal will be consolidated at Tuas Port by 2040s. 

Tuas Port is currently the world’s largest fully automated container terminal and will have an annual handling capacity of 65 million TEUs when it’s fully completed in the 2040s.

Automated equipment and integrated operations systems will be deployed to operate this next generation port. The first set of berths at Tuas Port Phase 1 have started operations since 2021.

Can be used for stories on PSA, port, ship, economy, container, terminal, trade, berth, budget, transshipment, supply chain, operator, business, money, property, land, finance, and financial, maritime, supply chain, port operator, shipping, export, trade war, recession, tariff and transportation.

(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Malaysia, Paraguay join new trade grouping as ministers of member nations meet for first time

The first in-person ministerial meeting of the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership issued a declaration on supply chain resilience to enhance cooperation and coordination in identifying or mitigating ongoing or imminent major supply chain risks and disruptions.
The first in-person ministerial meeting of the Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership issued a declaration on supply chain resilience to enhance cooperation and coordination in identifying or mitigating ongoing or imminent major supply chain risks and disruptions.

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