Tag: SSA

Port of Oakland announced that up to six 366-foot-tall cranes will soon be raised 27-feet higher, in order to make it easier to load and unload megaships with containers stacked high above deck. The project will begin this spring at its largest marine terminal.

Cyber Security is a concern which is only increasing and a topic at the forefront of many businesses’ minds. There is a number of prominent figures from the maritime industry that take part in the inaugural Cyber Security Seminar at Singapore Maritime Week 2016 .

Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) commemorated its 30th Anniversary this week at the Sands Grand Ballroom, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands

The importance of distinction when reporting incidents It is important to distinguish between armed robbery and piracy when reporting incidents in South East Asia waters says the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) which has commissioned a study to determine the scale of threat posed to seafarers in the area.The findings reveal that in the first quarter of this year the vast majority of incidents in this region fall under the category of armed robbery (which is within the territorial waters and under the jurisdiction of the sovereign state) not piracy (which is on the high seas). The distinction determines whether a merchant vessel can seek protection from the navy/coast guard of the littoral state or from the navy/coastguard of the vessel's flag of registry.Seafarers should note that recent reports of pirate attacks are in fact more likely to have been armed robbery and targeted at specific vessel types, particularly when in port or at anchor. SSA stresses that, with an estimated 50,000 -90,000 vessels transiting SOMS (Straits of Malacca and Singapore) each year and further numbers sailing around the South East Asia and South China seas, it can be calculated that the likelihood of a merchant vessel, which exercises high vigilance ...

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The Standard Club Asia Ltd (Standard Asia) has announced the launch of its new SWRM Class

Singapore has to further develop and strengthen the pillars of marine insurance and shipping finance

The sub-committee of purchasers and suppliers tasked with revising BIMCO's standard bunker contract met again

The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has underlined its commitment to investing in the future of the Singapore and global shipping industry by sponsoring three scholarships during the 2014/2015 academic year

Bunkering in Singapore - Bunkering is an important industry for Singapore. Consequently, the bunker supplying industry in Singapore is therefore also highly regulated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) - all Singapore bunker suppliers, bunker tankers and bunker surveyors involved in the bunkering business are required to be licensed by MPA.The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) therefore takes a very serious view of recent allegations of malpractices by the bunkering industry in Singapore. As a major port of call, Singapore supplies more than 43 million tonnes of bunkers. This is based on more than 37,000 vessel calls at Singapore for bunkers annually. When they deliver bunkers to receiving vessels in Singapore, they are also required to comply with the Code of Practice for Bunkering - SS 600:2008 which is a set of bunkering procedures developed by the SSA and gazetted by the Singapore government. Bunker buyers and receiving vessels too, are required to comply with the SS 600 if they lift bunkers in Singapore.It has come to the attention of the SSA that there have recently been media reports on alleged instances of "cappuccino" or frothed bunkers being supplied in Singapore. These reports invariably cited a UK P ...