Singapore looks to have bucked the global economic slowdown and reported an increase in container volumes last month.

May proved a strong month for throughput in Singapore
The Southeast Asian port handled a total of just under 2.8mteu in May, an 8.6% increase on the same month in 2011.

Last month’s figure also surpassed those of April by 7.5%, data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shows.

May’s