"Singapore Freight Transport Report Q3 2010" now available at Fast Market Research

Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Singapore Freight Transport Report Q3 2010", is now available at Fast Market Research
 
June 27, 2010 - PRLog -- 2009 was a tough year for the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) but there does now seem to be light at the end of tunnel. PSA reported a 6.1% fall in net profit for last year in April 2010. The port operator earned a profit of SGD976mn (US$698mn), down from SGD1.04bn (US$757.8mn) in 2008. The company's revenues fell by 2.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) from SGD4.39bn (US$3.2bn) to SGD3.83bn (US$2.79bn), while its global container handling decreased by 9.9% to 56.9mn 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs). PSA is one of the world's largest container terminal operators, with interests in 28 port projects in 16 countries across Asia, Europe and Latin America, including its flagship operation, the port of Singapore, which for several years has been ranked the world's largest container port. Despite the fall in profit, BMI believes PSA has managed the downturn well, with the sharp fall in container handling having had a relatively minor impact on the company's overall finances.

PSA's handling of the situation compares with the 46% and 15% declines in net income suffered by rival operators Dubai Ports World (DP World) and International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) respectively. Key to the company's relatively strong performance appears to have been vigorous cost management, with the company attributing its success to 'prudent control of capital expenditure and effective cost-cutting measures implemented since the end of 2008'.

Singapore freight companies will be lifted by the V-shaped local economic recovery. BMI is predicting GDP growth of 7% this year, against a backdrop of political stability and a strong fiscal position. Perhaps the main issue on the horizon is that the current strong pace of expansion will not be sustainable and we see GDP growth easing down to 4.3% next year as both the US and Chinese economies cool off, and world trade also takes something of a breather.

Two transport modes dominate the freight scene locally: airfreight and maritime cargo. The recovery in the first is proving a little more muted than the bounceback for the second. Airfreight volume will gain 3.5% this year, but ease down after that, averaging 2.2% in the five years to 2014. In contrast, total tonnage at the Port of Singapore (POS) will gain 7.9% this year, and average 4.7% in the five years to 2004. We note that both growth rates will lag behind GDP expansion, suggesting the trade-led boom that Singapore enjoyed in the early part of the last decade is easing off somewhat.

Singapore's total trade will grow by 11.4% this year in real terms, after an 11.6% contraction in 2009. After restoring last year's lost ground, we expect Singapore to settle down to rather more moderate trade growth. Average annual trade growth in the next five years will be 6.5%, a little ahead of GDP. This year, export growth will be marginally ahead of imports, but over the five-year time span we expect both to be roughly on a par.

While our medium-term forecast for the freight sector is quite conservative, we still believe that the major risk, the prospect of a 'double-dip' recession of greater-than-expected severity in 2001, lies on the downside. Lower than expected growth in world trade net year will have a negative impact on freight demand.

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Report Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis
- Singapore Freight Transport Industry SWOT
- Singapore Political SWOT
- Singapore Economic SWOT
- Singapore Business Environment SWOT
Market Overview
- Infrastructure
- Rail
- Air
- Maritime
Industry Trends And Developments
- Multimodal/Logistics
- Air
- Maritime
Global Oil Products Price Outlook
- Table: Oil Product Price Assumptions, Q409-Q410 (US$/bbl)
- Table: Oil Product Price Data And Forecasts, 2007-2014 (US$/bbl)
Industry Forecast
- Maritime Freight
- Trade Overview
- Table: Air Freight, 2007-2014
- Table: Maritime Freight, 2007-2014
- Table: Trade Overview, 2007-2014
- Table: Key Trade Indicators, 2007-2014
- Table: Main Import Partners, 2002-2008
- Table: Main Export Partners, 2002-2008
Company Profiles
- Singapore Airlines (SIA)
- Table: Singapore Airlines' Financial Performance
- DHL International
- Table: DHL's Financial Performance
- PSA International
BMI Methodology
- How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts
- Transport Industry
- Sources

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