Singapore's port handled a record 44.66 million containers in 2025, but as competition intensifies and geopolitical volatility persists, what will it take to remain indispensable as a maritime hub?  About 15 years ago, Singapore slipped from the top of a global ranking it had dominated for years.  The title of the world’s busiest container port went instead to Shanghai, marking a symbolic moment that reflected China’s meteoric rise as a manufacturing and trading powerhouse. Since then,