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About Port of Singapore

In view of the recent talks of forming a new canal in the upper north side of Malaysia, Singapore has to relook at its trading position and to what extent will it be heavily impacted. The country's two key ports, Port Klang in Selangor and Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor Bahru, have emerged in recent years as Singapore's closest rivals for transhipment volumes in South-east Asia. Malaysia, for instance, wants to build a giant port on an island next to its main Port Klang, while a new East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) has been touted as an "alternative trade route" that could see a projected 53 million tonnes of cargo bypass Singapore annually by 2030. If the Kra Canal truly becomes a reality, ships would certainly consider by-passing the Strait of Malacca and Singapore altogether, making Singapore's all-important geographical location redundant. We may truly become a third world country after all.

It is widely known that the greatest contributor to Singapore’s GDP would be from the trading industry. Therefore, our group has decided to look into this sector and see what other alternatives Singapore has or what potential strengths that Singapore can leverage on to maintain our current trading position in the world.

Project Motivation

Singapore is currently still a transport hub. However, times are shifting and the future is uncertain Global events such as the trade war between the US and China has implications on Singapore as well (tariffs) Other countries in the ASEAN region such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand are starting to become transport hubs and could affect the shipping industry of Singapore Who are our major trade partners? Which trade partners have been growing over the years? (Prediction of key partners for the future) E.g. Vietnam has been growing over the years Singapore’s competitiveness by commodity Should certain countries be selling a lot of a certain commodity, it wouldn’t make sense for Singapore to compete in that area What are the hot commodities for the future within ASEAN? Key trading alliances within ASEAN Hence, our group seeks to identify some trends and insights based on the data of the shipping industry in the ASEAN region

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Reference of Other Visualization	Learning Points
Title: Hub of the World Source: https://flowingdata.com/2011/04/11/the-city-in-real-time/	This map shows the trading partnership that Singapore engages with Pros: Clear colour indication on the outgoing and incoming shipments from all over the world to Singapore. Cons: End point of the shipments of the colour line is quite arbitrary as it does not pin-point or show the exact country. The visualisation does not show the full list of the variables as the colour fades off nearing the bottom of the graph Does not really point out any specific point of focus, it just gives a generic understanding on the trading shipments that Singapore is trading with.
Source: https://www.vox.com/2016/4/25/11503152/shipping-routes-map	This dashboard shows the demand for shipping Pros: enter text Cons: enter text
Source: https://www.singstat.gov.sg/modules/infographics/singapore-international-trade	This visualization shows the relation .... Pros: They utilize the data visualization method of a magic quadrant to show two things at once namely the merchandise trade value and the trading partners with Singapore in 2018. At one glance, it is easy to determine which is the highest import and exporter from Singapore based on the bubble size and position. Cons: Lack of interactive elements as the data only shows for the year 2018. Including other years would give the readers a better understanding. The bubbles overlap each other hence the actual size is not easily determined. Opaque bubbles make it even harder to determine the size of the bubble, hence reducing the opacity would be clearer. At one glance, it may seem quite messy as the elements are combined, namely; bubbles and legend.

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