Tag: MPA Singapore

The Singapore Strait and the Port of Singapore are busy waterways, where large numbers of ships of different types transit and make port calls. As such, MPA Singapore issued a circular providing safe navigation tips for vessels sailing in regional waters.

A situation arose in Singapore over the weekend where Customs decided to treat samples from bunker deliveries as “commercial goods” for import, which prevented bunker surveyors from bringing samples ashore at the Marina South Pier and West Coast Pier, IBIA informed.

In conjunction with the ‘Day of Seafarer 2018’, Jurong Port, MPA Singapore, PSA, SMOU, and SOS jointly presented 600 gift hampers to ships calling at Singapore. The hampers, containing essential daily items, reached about 9,000 seafarers 'as an appreciation for their contributions to the maritime industry'.

MPA Singapore will embark on several new initiatives as part of its continued efforts to enhance safety at sea, announced Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Health, Dr. Lam Pin Min, at the official opening of the International Safety@Sea Conference on 20 June.

At the launch of the 5th International Safety@Sea Week at Marina South Pier, Chief Executive of MPA Singapore, Mr Andrew Tan unveiled a refreshed Safety@Sea Singapore Campaign, an industry-wide effort to increase awareness of safe practices and inculcate a safety-first culture at sea.

MPA Singapore issued a circular urging shipowners to submit their Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan by the 1st of September 2018, before IMO's requirement of fuel oil consumption data for vessels becomes mandatory in a global scale.

MPA Singapore issued an advisory, informing of temporary restrictions for mariners operating in the vicinity of Sisters Fairway, Western Anchorage, Buran Channel, Selat Sengkir, Keppel Harbour and Cruise Bay, during the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on 10-13 June 2018.

PIER71 was officially launched by Singapore's Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Health, Dr Lam Pin Min. PIER71 is an industry-wide acceleration programme that supports innovation and encourages the maritime industry to venture into new growth areas through collaboration with technology start-ups.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has awarded S$6 million to FueLNG Pte Ltd and Pavilion Gas Pte Ltd for construction of two LNG bunker vessels, in a bid to further promote ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in Singapore. The vessels are due for delivery in 2020, and will be amongst the first of their kind in Asia. 

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore released a circular, warning operators to take all necessary measures to prevent their vessels from emitting excessive soot, ash, or dark smoke from engine exhaust and/or ancillary shipboard machineries throughout the duration of vessel stay in port.