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During a conference that was held today among maritime leaders and industry professionals, MPA signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with two green shipping consortiums on the ammonia value-chain.

The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) noted that it is aware of the recent cases of contaminated high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) bunkers delivered in the Port of Singapore, adding that some vessels have experienced significant issues.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) continues its push to develop industry-wide capabilities through strengthening R&D, piloting maritime technologies (MarineTech), and developing maritime cybersecurity capabilities to strengthen the industry’s resilience and capacities to handle disruptions.

Minister of Transport, S Iswaran announced that Singapore will join the Clydebank Declaration for Green Shipping Corridors, together with 22 signatory states.

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, Heng Swee Keat launched the Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025.

MPA Singapore is investigating the suspected contamination of bunker fuel supplied to several ships in the port and has ordered supply of the batch to stop.

MPA Singapore announced that in line with the national move, existing Vaccinated Travel Lane arrangements via sea (VTL (Sea)) will be replaced by the Vaccinated Travel Framework with effect from 1 April 2022. 

MPA Singapore reminded operators of their responsibility to implement and comply with all prevailing requirements and measures of the Singapore authorities to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in Singapore.

Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Transport, Chee Hong Tat, said that MPA will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to manage the increasing scale and complexity of ship movements in Singapore’s waters. 

Singapore accelerates its decarbonisation efforts in the maritime sector. For this reason, the country will commit at least SGD300m ($220.4m) in additional funding and sets out strategies and goals to be achieved by 2050.