Singapore maintained its position as the most important shipping hub in the Asia-Pacific region, ranking first for seven consecutive years, a new index shows.
The 2020 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index has been published by the Baltic Exchange, in collaboration with Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.
The index, in its seventh edition, provides an independent ranking of the performance of the world’s largest cities that offer port and shipping business services.
Based on objective factors including port throughput and infrastructure; depth and breadth of professional maritime support services; as well as the general business environment, the latest report shows that the top five international shipping centres remain the same as in 2019, although with some movement. Singapore tops the list for the seventh consecutive year followed by London, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Dubai.
As explained, Singapore once again ranked first thanks to its geographical location, shipping industry ecosystem and supportive government policies.
新的指數顯示，新加坡保持了其作為亞太地區最重要的航運中心的地位，連續七年排名第一。
波羅的海交易所與中國國家新聞社新華社合作，發布了2020年新華波羅的海國際航運中心發展指數（ISCD）。
該指數是第七版，對提供港口和航運業務服務的全球最大城市的表現進行了自我的排名。
基於客觀因素，包括港口吞吐量和基礎設施；專業海上支援服務的深度和廣度；以及一般的商業環境，最新報告顯示，排名前五的國際航運中心與2019年保持不變，儘管有所變動。新加坡連續第七年位居榜首，其次是倫敦，上海，香港和杜拜。
如所解釋的，由於其地理位置，航運業生態系統和政府的扶持政策，新加坡再次名列第一。
Imformation source: World Maritime News
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