历史沿革新加坡海港,航道水深,四季通航,又是天然避风港,其优越性显然比莱佛尔斯所能认识到的要大。在英国殖民统治初期,船只寄泊在新加坡河对面的滨水区上,船上货物则由驳船直接运到吻基的货仓。西面的克佩尔港(岌巴港)即今新加坡港务局主要设施所在地,葡萄牙人曾在十六世纪使用过,但后来废置不用,直到1819年8月才为英国人所发现。即使在当时,该港的入口处对横帆船说来,也过于狭窄。在轮船交通出现以及半岛 Historical evolution Singapore’s seaport, waterway depth, four seasons navigation, but also a natural safe haven, its superiority is clearly larger than what Raffles can recognize. In the early days of British colonial rule, ships were moored to the waterfront across the Singapore River, and shipments were transported by barge directly to the base of the kisses. Port Keppel, west of Port-Cap-Bar, now home to the Singapore Port Authority’s main facility, was used by the Portuguese in the 16th century but was later scrapped and was not discovered by the British until August 1819. Even at that time, the entrance to the port was too narrow for the horizontal sailing boat. Traffic on the ship appeared as well as the peninsula