According to a report by the China Development Corporation, Singapore container port--today the world's busiest with an average daily throughput of nearly 20,000 containers--is already stretched beyond capacity, and Batam, 20km to the south, could cooperate with Singapore to become an international shipping center.
根據中華開發信託股份有限公司的評估報告，今日全世界第一大貨櫃港﹘﹘新加坡，平均每天裝卸近兩萬隻貨櫃，已有過度負荷的現象，新加坡南方二十公里外的巴譚，有機會搭配新加坡成為國際航運中心。