HTRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
Companies in this section provide passenger and freight transport by road, rail, water, or air, along with warehousing, storage, and logistics support activities.
As a premier global maritime and aviation crossroads, Singapore hosts major international container shipping lines, Changi aviation operators, and world-class logistics parks.
Domestic operations include SMRT and SBS Transit bus and rail networks, taxi and private-hire vehicle fleets, and on-demand courier and parcel delivery services.
Commonly Registered Businesses
Key SSIC 2025 ActivitiesMost frequent business registrations, commercial entities and popular sub-classes in Section H:
Freight forwarding, packing and crating services
International multimodal freight logistics and customs clearance management
General warehousing and storage
Operation of bonded warehouses, temperature-controlled cold stores and logistics centres
Shipping lines (ocean and coastal freight)
Commercial container ship operation, vessel chartering and maritime freight transport
Freight transport by road
Heavy truck transportation, container haulage and domestic distribution logistics
Airlines (passenger and freight air transport)
Scheduled and chartered air carrier passenger and cargo flight operations
Public bus services (scheduled)
Public bus route operations, trunk services and feeder transport
Official SingStat Definition & Scope
This section includes transportation of passengers or freight, e.g by rail, pipeline, road, water or air, including transportation of passengers disregarding the reasons, whether for personal, professional or recreational reasons, scheduled or not. Rental of transport equipment with driver or operator as well as postal and courier activities are classified this section.
The section also includes associated activities, e.g. operational of terminal and parking facilities, cargo handling and storage. Transport activities classified in divisions 49, 50, 51, 53 often involve related activities, e.g. packaging, goods handling operations, temporary crating, sampling and weighing of goods, which solely support the transport activities. These supporting activities are only to be classified in division 52, if they are performed on behalf of others.
Cross-References & Exclusions (Classified Elsewhere)
- • major repair or alteration of transport equipment, except motor vehicles, see division 30
- • construction, maintenance and repair of roads, railways, harbours, airfields, see division 42
- • repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, see 95301
- • rental of transport equipment without driver or operator, see group 771 and group 773
- • transportation activities as an integral part of recreational facilities, e.g. in theme parks, see 93201