Tag: MPA Singapore

MPA Singapore signed agreement with the Ports and Harbours Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, for collaboration in ports sustainable development on the sidelines of the International Symposium on LNG Bunkering, in Yokohama.

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore issued a circular, superseding Port Marine Circular No. 12 of 2013, regarding the dues that should be paid by vessels handling transhipment vehicles in Singapore.

Effective from January 2017, the use of use of mass flow metres on all bunker vessels licensed by MPA delivering marine fuel oil in Singapore has become mandatory. IBIA believes that this MFM requirement will help create a level playing field in the port, as it should reduce the risk of quantity-related malpractices.

Effective from January 2017, the use of use of mass flow metres on all bunker vessels licensed by MPA delivering marine fuel oil in Singapore has become mandatory. IBIA believes that this MFM requirement will help create a level playing field in the port, as it should reduce the risk of quantity-related malpractices.

Singapore recently participated in the 11th Governing Council meeting and endorsed the roadmap and strategies to strengthen ReCAAP ISC as a Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing on piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia by 2020.

Effective from January 2017, the use of mass flow metres on all bunker vessels, licensed by MPA delivering marine fuel oil in Singapore has become mandatory. MPA Singapore has currently suspended the harbour craft licences of five bunker tankers, after it found irregularities with piping fixtures.

The maritime sector is undergoing significant transformation. To enhance Singapore’s hub port competitiveness, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is leveraging technology to help maritime companies innovate and move into new growth areas.

World Fuel Services published a whitepaper, where it applauds the use of mass flow metering (MFM) for heavy fuel oil bunker deliveries in Singapore becoming mandatory on January 1, 2017.

DNV GL and the MPA Singapore have renewed a memorandum of understanding aiming to promote research and development (R&D) and innovation in the maritime industry. Given the growing need to create safer and more efficient solutions for the maritime industry, this renewed MOU will have an expanded scope to include the R&D of intelligent shipping systems.

MPA Singapore brought charges against New Ocean Maritime Pte Ltd for providing services in the port without a bunker craft operator licence between 3 January 2015 and 28 March 2015.