Tag: Singapore

Version 5 of the Singapore Crew Change Guidebook has been published, reflecting updates in the latest Port Marine Circular No. 38.

The Singapore Crew Change Work Group (SGCC WG) has updated the Singapore Crew Change Guidebook (SGCCG). 

South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) along with Terminal operator PSA Corporation shake their hands and entered an agreement in order to develop a joint venture in Singapore. 

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will be applying enhanced measures to further secure safe port operations and facilitate crew change. Namely, MPA will use its existing floating accommodation to set up a Crew Facilitation Centre (CFC) at the Tanjong Pagar Terminal.

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has cleared the proposed merger between Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (KSOE) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME).

Following COVID-19 outbreak and the crew change matter that has brought, InterManager wrote an open letter to the Secretary-General of IMO, Mr Kitack Lim, urging about Singaporean seafarers' repatriation issue.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak situation, on 15th August Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore reported that 15 Filipino crewmembers were found COVID-19 positive.

The Baltic Exchange, in collaboration with Xinhua, Chinese state news agency, published the 2020 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index.

After an incident where a crew member was diagnosed with COVID-19 upon arrival in Singapore, the Singapore Shipowners Association is reiterating the importance of self-quarantine.

Since 27 March 2020, MPA has approved more than 13,000 cases of crew sign-ons and sign-offs involving some 650 companies and 1150 ships.