For the first four months this year, container throughput reached 14.18 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers, a 6.1% increase from the same period last year. SINGAPORE: Despite the spectre of a global trade war and shifts in supply chains, container throughput saw a 6.1 per cent increase for the first four months, compared with the same period last year. “Container (throughput) has remained strong despite what’s happening around the world with greater turbulence and uncertainty