The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority issued a circular providing an update on information pertaining to garbage collection services provided for ships by the Port of Singapore.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) provides daily garbage collection service from ships at the designated anchorages listed in Annex A of the circuar from 0730hrs to 1730hrs
Ships that wish to use the garbage collection service provided by MPA should have the refuse properly bagged in plastic garbage bags and have their crew on standby and ready to transfer the bagged garbage into the garbage collection craft that would be calling at the anchored vessels.
Disposal of garbage bags must be done in a proper and safe manner. The crew undertaking the duty to dispose the garbage bags should ensure that the bags are dropped into the garbage bins located on the garbage craft.
Ships that would like to dispose items that are not accepted via MPA’s garbage collection service are to make their own commercial arrangement with vendors that are licensed by the Singapore’s National Environmental Agency (NEA). The list of licensed waste collectors by NEA can be found here
In the event that a ship does not respond when the garbage collection craft calls, the latter will make another attempt after serving other ships. Alternatively, the ship can request for the garbage collection service by calling the garbage craft directly using call sign “Garbage Craft Changi”, “Garbage Craft Eastern”, “Garbage Craft Western” or “Garbage Craft Tuas” on VHF Channel 13 and provide the ship’s name, the name of the anchorage (e.g. Western Anchorage) and the ship’s GPS position. The appropriate call-signs are given in Annex A and must be strictly adhered to.
Learn more by reading the circular
Source: MPA Singapore
