The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has issued a circular to inform the shipping community of the National Environment Agency’s (NEA) guidelines regarding the submission of the Maritime Declaration of Health (MDH) for vessels arriving at the Port of Singapore.
Effective 8 May 2025, all arriving vessels that fall into any of the following categories are required to submit an MDH:
A. Ships that have called at ports in any of the countries listed below in the past 21 days; or
- Angola
- Bahrain
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea -Bissau
- Iran
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Togo
- UAE
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
B. Ships with crew/passengers who have travelled to any of these countries in the past 21 days; or
C. Ships with any person suspected of having infectious diseases or with a dead body onboard; or
D. Ships with any sick person onboard
Other documents required as follows:
(a). Crew list / Passenger list;
(b). Current copy of the Ship Sanitation Certificate;
(c). Last 10 ports of call list; and
(d). List of all passengers and crew members with temperature above 37.5 degree Celsius.
Non-compliance with the above requirements may constitute a breach of the Infectious Diseases (Quarantine) Regulations.
The mandatory submission of MDH may be extended to ships arriving from countries not currently listed above, if the global health situation changes, such as when new diseases of concern are detected, MPA Singapore added.
