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Singapore Receives Accolade for ‘Green Port’

  • The MPA of Singapore announced the Port of Singapore has been recognised as an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Port Services Network (APSN) Green Port in 2020.
  • This is the third consecutive time that MPA has received the accolade since it was launched in 2016.

Regional shipping and bunkering heavyweight Singapore has been named Green Port 2020 by the regional economic and business organization APEC, reports Ship & Bunker.

The award is in recognition that that Singapore has met the...

https://mfame.guru/singapore-receives-accolade-for-green-port/

Singapore Reaches Bunkering Milestone With MFM Verification

  • Singapore entered a bunkering milestone witnessing its first bunker tanker undergoing a mass flow meter (MFM) verification operation via Master Meter.
  • The commercial operation was carried out on the Patrizia Cosulich, a 7,014 dwt MFM-equipped bunker tanker.
  • Industry players regard the master meter as a “game changer” for the Singapore bunkering sector.

Singapore entered a bunkering milestone on 21 October as the republic witnessed its first bunker tanker undergoing a mass flow meter (MFM)...

https://mfame.guru/singapore-reaches-bunkering-milestone-with-mfm-verification/

MPA Renews Marine Research Partnership With ABS

  • Singapore’s MPA has signed a MoU with ABS to renew its partnership in maritime research, development and innovation.
  • Both parties will also work together to develop the next-generation maritime workforce in Singapore, by rolling out relevant industry attachments and training programs.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to renew its partnership in maritime research, development and innovation,...

https://mfame.guru/mpa-renews-marine-research-partnership-with-abs/

MPA Issues Crew Change Application Guidelines for Shipowners

In a major development, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, MPA has issued a new circular to facilitate crew changes. The new circular published on their websites provides a detailed guideline regarding how to apply for adequate crew change facilities which would be of great help for shipowners and agents hiring seafarers.

1.MPA will continue to consider the following circumstances for crew change applications:

(a) crew whose employment contract has expired;

(b) additional crew on board...

https://mfame.guru/mpa-issues-crew-change-application-guidelines-for-shipowners/

Singapore Establishes Self-contained Centre To House Seafarers

  • Three existing floating facilities utilized to house foreign workers converted into a self-contained centre.
  • Thes centres will house seafarers in between their ship transfers.
  • It is equipped wih onsite medical centre, testing and holding facilities.
  • It will facilitate more local crew changes and keep the communities safe and secure.
  • The centre is dedicated to house crew for up to 48 hours before they board their ships.
  • Crew members will first undergo a Covid-19 PCR test at approved testing...

https://mfame.guru/singapore-establishes-self-contained-centre-to-house-seafarers/

Covid 19 Gives A Break To Strategize Ideas and Fight Carbon Emissions

  • Due to covid 19 the shipping activity in Singapore has come to a stand-still except for a few.
  • On the other hand it seems to be opportunity to maritime industry to double down on decarabonisation efforts.
  • Jurong Port is testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven Smart Multi-Energy System, which will further reduce its carbon footprint.
  • IMO’s energy efficiency principles can be also applied to Singapore’s 2,300 licensed harbour crafts that provide goods and services to ships calling at...

https://mfame.guru/covid-19-gives-a-break-to-strategize-ideas-and-fight-carbon-emissions/

InterManager excoriates “selfish” Singapore over crew changes

InterManager secretary general Captain Kuba Szymanski has heavily criticised Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority (MPA), branding them as “selfish” for its stance on crew changes, with the authority refusing to allow new crew to sign on, but allowing existing crew to leave.

Szymanski also sought support from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) secretary-general Kitack Lim, in a letter to the IMO sent today. He said that InterManager had received “worrying correspondence” from the MPA...

https://container-news.com/intermanager-excoriates-selfish-singapore-over-crew-changes/

Σιγκαπούρη: Tα νέα «next-gen» περιπολικά σκάφη

Την εγκαινίαση έξι περιπολικών σκαφών νέας γενιάς, ανακοίνωσε την Κυριακή 9 Αυγούστου, η Ναυτιλιακή Αρχή της Σιγκαπούρης (MPA). Tα νέα αυτά σκάφη, θα ενισχύσουν την ασφάλεια πλεύσης στα ύδατα της χώρας και θα αντικαταστήσουν τον πλέον παλαιό στόλο περιπολικών σκαφών της MPA, ο οποίος διατελεί το έργο του από το 2012.

Σύμφωνα με τα όσα αναφέρει η MPA, τα εν λόγω περιπολικά σκάφη, θα έχουν μήκος 17 μέτρων και θα είναι εξοπλισμένα με συστήματα γνωστά ως «Intelligent Port Marine», γεγονός που θα τα...

https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2020/08/12/sigkapouri-ta-nea-next-gen-peripolika-skafi/

Port of Montreal longshore workers on strike again

Port of Montreal longshore workers have walked off the job again.

The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) braced for terminal delays or operations stoppages after the longshore members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) launched a four-day strike Monday morning.

“We have counted seven vessels that could experience direct impacts,” Melanie Nadeau, the MPA’s director of communications, said Tuesday. “Four are experiencing delays or have to change their navigation strategy. For the other...

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Container Volumes Witness A Dip While Bunker Sales Climb Up

The Port of Singapore saw a 1% drop in container volumes in the first half of 2020, but bunker sales were up 3.7% in the same period, reports Marcus Hand for Seatrade Maritime News.

Cargo volumes go down

Based on the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) figures, cargo volumes were down in the Southeast Asian hub port in the first half of the year, with shipping globally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The world’s largest container transhipment hub, and second largest box port overall,...

https://mfame.guru/container-volumes-witness-a-dip-while-bunker-sales-climb-up/

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