SUPERYACHT SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION

On average, Singapore attracts some 140,000 vessel calls annually. Not quite all of them are superyachts...
 
In the busy waterways of the Singapore port and the Singapore Strait, navigational safety and keeping the waters clean are a priority.  The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA, www.mpa.gov.sg) uses state-of-the-art technology to ensure that shipping traffic, coastal and port development projects and siltation do not compromise navigational safety or adversely affect the marine environment.

Chief among them is an advanced, radar-based, Vessel Traffic Information System, or VTIS. The MPA currently operates two Port Operations Control Centres, and both centres, which are fully integrated, employ the VTIS to provide navigational information to ships plying the Singapore Strait and within our waters.  It can track up to 5,000 vessels in real-time and is integrated with electronic navigational chart displays, and synchronised voice, track and data recording.

Safety is further enhanced through other navigational aids such as the Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), which helps ships to fix their positions more accurately, and STRAITREP, a mandatory ship reporting system for ships transiting the Malacca and Singapore Straits.

Singapore also has effective oil and chemical response capabilities and is a party to major international conventions that protect the marine environment.  Even with the best facilities and equipment in place, marine incidents could still happen for one reason or another. 

For these reasons, MPA and the Superyacht Singapore Association (SSA) invite superyacht captains and crews to review all necessary guidelines and prepare all documentions prior to entering Singapore waters. The MPA website (www.mpa.gov.sg) provides an updated list of all requirements. Nonetheless, superyacht captains can also seek the assistance of local marinas and superyacht services companies (please consult the members section of this website).

Key guidelines, forms and information sources are listed below:

1) E-guidelines for Pleasure Boaters.

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/portdevelopment/pdfs/guide_pleasure_boating.pdf

 Please note that the document above also give you direct updated links to all additional information below.

2) Immigration Clearance for Foreign Yachts and Pleasure Craft (20 April 2002)

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/circulars_and_notices/pdfs/pc02-15.pdf

3) Port Clearance Formalities for Arriving and Departing Vessels

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/portdevelopment/pdfs/guide_port_proc.pdf

4) Cruising Permits for Visiting Yachts (6 June 2007)

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/circulars_and_notices/pdfs/pc07-03.pdf

5) Designated Routes for Pleasure Craft and Visiting Yachts Arriving and Departing Singapore (2 Jan. 2003)

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/circulars_and_notices/pdfs/pc07-03.pdf

6) Amendment to Reporting Procedures for Vessels Manoeuvering in Port (28 Oct. 2005)

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/circulars_and_notices/pdfs/pc05-23.pdf

7) Harbour Craft Transponders System (HART) (15 May 2006)

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/circulars_and_notices/pdfs/pc06-12.pdf

8) Singapore Tide Tables

http://www.mpa.gov.sg/infocentre/publications/tidetable.htm

Thanks for your care and attention.

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