Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)

Joint Industry Program in Singapore aims to boost the use of additive manufacturing in the maritime industry

JIP participants at the DNV GL AM technology Centre of excellence, March 2019

Joint Industry Program in Singapore aims to boost the use of additive manufacturing in the maritime industry

Singapore, 09 April 2019: DNV GL has been appointed as the lead researcher of the first phase of a new Singapore-based program to study the feasibility of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, in the maritime industry. In a Joint Industry Program (JIP) initiated by the Maritime and Port Authority of...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/09/joint-industry-program-in-singapore-aims-to-boost-the-use-of-additive-manufacturing-in-the-maritime-industry/

MPA, IALA develop joint e-Navigation workshop

MPA’s announcement:

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is co-organising a workshop with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) to support the operationalisation of e-navigation solutions, the first since Singapore’s election to the IALA Council in 2018.

E-navigation, a concept driven by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and like-minded nations including Singapore, aims to make marine navigation safer and marine...

https://container-news.com/mpa-iala-joint-e-navigation-workshop/

Wihelmsen launches drone delivery project

Wihelmsen’s press release:

Launching this week in partnership with Airbus, Wilhelmsen’s shore-to-ship Singapore pilot project, marks the first deployment of drone technology in real-time port conditions, delivering a variety of small, time-critical items to working vessels at anchorage.

Lifting off from Marina South Pier in Singapore with 3D printed consumables from Wilhelmsen’s onshore 3D printing micro-factory, the Airbus Skyways drone navigated autonomously along pre-determined...

https://container-news.com/wihelmsen-launches-drone-delivery-project/

Prohibition of open-loop scrubber systems in Singapore

On November 30, 2018 Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) declared that, with immediate effect, the discharge of wash water from open-loop exhaust gas scrubbers in the port of Singapore would be prohibited.
The IMO’s global sulfur cap bans ships from using fuels with a sulfur content above 0.5% from January 1, 2020, compared with 3.5% now. To comply with the new rules, ships will be required to burn marine gasoil, low-sulfur fuel oil, or shift to alternative fuels like liquefied natural...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/07/prohibition-of-open-loop-scrubber-systems-in-singapore/

MPA of Singapore joins SEALNG coalition

Peter Keller, SEALNG chairman and executive vice president, TOTE Inc. (left), shaking hands with Capt M Segar, assistant chief executive (operations), Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (right).

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (MPA) JOINS SEALNG COALITION

SINGAPORE, LONDON, 3 October 2018: SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, announced today during SIBCON 2018 that it has welcomed...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/03/mpa-of-singapore-joins-sealng-coalition/

+ More