List of Active Port Marine Circulars
List of Active Port Marine Circulars
List of Active Port Marine Circulars
01 Jan 2022
Shipping Community
Harbour Craft Community
Pleasure Craft Community
4 The contents of circulars that are not included in the active list are deemed
to have been sufficiently promulgated and can be found either in the MPA
Regulations or on MPA’s website.
5 Please call Capt Lim Rui Jie at Tel: (65) 6773-7401 if you have any query
regarding this circular.
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ANNEX
1997 38 Port Limit Manning Licence Issued to Non - Singaporean 03 Jul 1997
Deck and Engine Officers
1997 41 Compliance with the Merchant Shipping (Non- Convention 07 Jul 1997
Ships) Safety Regulations, 1981 in Respect of Self-Propelled
Landing Craft Used for the Purpose of Ferrying Road Tankers
or Other Vehicles with Dangerous Goods within the Port
1997 44 Powered Pleasure Craft Driving Licence for Holders of Port 14 Jul 1997
Limit Steersman/Helmsman or Special Grade (Deck Officer)
Manning Licence
1997 51 Temporary Harbour Craft Permit (For an Unlicensed Vessel 28 Jul 1997
Intending to be Used Temporarily for Intra- Port Activities)
1997 52 Fishing Vessels of Less than 2000GT and other Vessels of 28 Jul 1997
Less than 500GT
1997 68 Immobilization of Vessel’s Engines at Anchorages / Wharves 15 Sep 1997
1997 88 Tall Vessels’ Movements South of Changi Airport 06 Oct 1997
1997 94 Self-Propelled or Composite Mode Required for All Barges 24 Nov 1997
Ferrying Road-Tankers or Other Vehicles Loaded with
Dangerous Cargoes
1997 97 Safety Measure for Jet-Skiing in Singapore Port Waters 01 Dec 1997
1997 99 Height Restriction at the Second Crossing (Bridge) for Vessels 29 Dec 1997
Using the Singapore Channel to Enter or Leave the West
Johor Strait
1998 05 Procedures and Guidelines for the Berthing of Tankers and 03 Feb 1998
Conventional Vessels Carrying Bulk Liquid Cargo at Approved
Conventional Wharves
1998 08 Port Limit Special Grade Manning Licence to be Issued to 14 Mar 1998
Non-Singaporean Deck and Engine Officers to Operate “Pure”
Harbour Craft
1998 14 Survivors/Refugees Rescued at Sea 10 Jun 1998
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1998 27 Safety of Air Navigation – Exhibit Low Intensity Obstacle 13 Jul 1998
Lights
1998 37 Vessel’s Checklist for Piloted Movements 27 Jul 1998
1998 41 Steel Constructed Non-Mechanical Propelled Harbour Craft 03 Aug 1998
Ferrying Vehicles
1998 43 Issue of Pilotage Exemption Certificates 08 Aug 1998
1998 49 Requirements for Pontoons Used as Temporary Landing 28 Aug 1998
Platforms
1998 57 Gas-free Certificate for Vessels Shifting Out of their 12 Sep 1998
Designated Anchorages or Proceeding to a Shipyard
1998 65 Mandatory Ship Reporting System in the Straits of Malacca 20 Oct 1998
and Singapore – STRAITREP
1998 67 Reporting Procedures for Vessels Navigating the Singapore 26 Oct 1998
Strait When VTIS is Not Operational
1999 13 Navigation in the Singapore Strait Traffic Separation Scheme 30 Mar 1999
(TSS)
2000 04 Prohibition of Line-towed Barges at Night in the Western 09 Mar 2000
Sector
2000 06 Prohibition of Export of Excavated Material, Marine Clay, and 03 May 2000
Construction Debris from Singapore to Indonesia with
Immediate Effect
2001 26 Dissemination of Passage Plan to Shipmasters 27 Sep 2001
2001 33 Additional Conditions for Harbour Craft Licensed for Use as a 26 Nov 2001
Tanker in Port
2001 36 Landing Place for Explosives and Dangerous Goods at Tuas 29 Dec 2001
Jetty
2001 37 Rules to be Observed by Persons Finding Wreck 29 Dec 2001
2001 38 Maintenance Work Involving Chipping Onboard Licensed 29 Dec 2001
Harbour Tankers
2001 39 MPA Gas-Free Certificates with Seven–Day Validity 29 Dec 2001
2002 02 A) Introduction of Vessel Movement Alert and Vessel Mobile 17 Jan 2002
Services
B) Discontinuation of
(1) Vessel Enquiry Service and
(2) Faxing of Port Marine Circulars & Port Marine Notices
2002 04 Passenger Ferry Safety Course 01 Feb 2002
2002 05 Standards for Port Limit Tankers 08 Feb 2002
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2002 10 Safety Distances and Explosives Quantity for Vessels 08 Mar 2002
Anchoring at the Sudong Explosive Anchorage (ASUEX)
2002 11 Temporary Holding Anchorage for Barges Loaded with 15 Mar 2002
Sand/Granite Off Changi (ACBTH)
2002 12 Immigration Clearance on Board Vessels Bound for Shipyards 26 Mar 2002
or Waterfront Facilities
2002 15 Immigration Clearance for Foreign Yachts and Pleasure Craft 20 Apr 2002
2003 02 Designated Routes for Pleasure Craft and Visiting Yachts 02 Jan 2003
Arriving and Departing Singapore
2003 03 Recommended Routes and Speed Limits for Regional Ferries 03 Jan 2003
2003 17 Declaration of Information by Pleasure Craft Departing 25 Apr 2003
Singapore
2003 22 Prohibited Area at Pulau Satumu (Raffles Light House) and 30 May 2003
Waters Surrounding A Radius of 300 Metres Around the Light
House
2003 27 Safety at Sea Off Bedok Jetty 11 Jul 2003
2003 31 Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships 28 Oct 2003
2004 10 The 1998 International for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts 26 Apr 2004
Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA Convention)
2004 13 Contact Details for Proper Recipients of Maritime Security- 09 Jun 2004
Related Communications
2004 16 Vessels Proceeding Outside Port Limits for Sea Trials 26 Jun 2004
2004 17 Declaration of IMO Security Level 29 Jun 2004
2004 18 Harbour Craft Security Code and Harbour Craft Security Log 30 Jun 2004
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2005 24 Ship-to-Ship Transfer of Bunkers Between Licensed Port Limit 28 Oct 2005
Tankers
2006 04 Online Submission of Cargo Declarations for Cargo Handled 20 Feb 2006
at the Anchorages, Oil Terminals, and Private Wharves
2006 05 Guidelines for Preparing Vessel for Gas-Free Inspection 21 Feb 2006
2006 09 Landing Points for Ships’ Crew, Passengers and Other 28 Mar 2006
Persons Embarking on or Disembarking from Vessels at
Anchorages or/at Offshore Terminals
2006 10 Collection of Oily Bilge Water (OBW) from Small Harbour Craft 28 Mar 2006
2008 16 Procedures to Control Tank Cleaning and Disposal of Sludge 14 Oct 2008
and Slop
2008 17 Notification for Tanker Cleaning Activities and Disposal of 14 Oct 2008
Sludge and Slop
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2009 13 Speed Limit at the West Coast Pier (WCP) 08 Sep 2009
2009 14 Speed Limit at the Marina South Pier (MSP) 08 Sep 2009
2012 07 Revision of Height Restricted Areas in the Eastern Sector of 03 May 2012
the Port
2012 08 Special Bunkering Anchorage (SBA) Scheme – Compulsory 03 May 2012
Pilotage
2012 09 Cancellation of Bunkering Licence (Bunker Supplier) and 15 Jun 2012
Bunkering Licence (Bunker Craft Operator) Due to
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Bunkering
Licences
2012 11 Cancellation of Bunkering Licence (Bunker Supplier) and 17 Dec 2012
Bunkering Licence (Bunker Craft Operator) Due to
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Bunkering
Licences
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2013 02 Waterborne Fee for Supply of PUB Water to Vessels in Port 20 Feb 2013
2013 03 Safe Navigation in the Port of Singapore 14 Mar 2013
2013 04 Recommendatory Measure for Vessels Crossing the Traffic 07 May 2013
Separation Scheme (TSS) and Precautionary Areas in the
Singapore Strait During Hours of Darkness
2013 07 Cancellation of Licences if Two Bunkering Service Providers 24 Jun 2013
Due to Contravention of Terms and Conditions of Bunkering
Licences
2013 08 Non-Renewal of Bunkering Licence (Bunker Supplier) Due to 01 Jul 2013
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Bunkering
Licence
2013 09 Cancellation of Bunkering Licence (Bunker Supplier) Due to 08 Jul 2013
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Bunkering
Licence
2013 10 Classification as Shipyard or Offshore Marine Facility for the 07 Oct 2013
Purposes of Port Dues
2014 02 Cancellation of Licences of Two Bunker Suppliers Due to 16 Jan 2014
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Bunkering
Licences
2014 03 Importance of Safe Navigation in the Singapore Strait and 13 Feb 2014
Singapore Waters
2014 07 Cancellation of COTEAM Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd. Bunker 01 Apr 2014
Supplier and Bunker Craft Operator Licences Due to
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Licences
2014 10 Cancellation of Northwest Resources Pte Ltd. Bunker Supplier 05 Sep 2014
and Bunker Craft Operator Licences
2014 11 Port Health Clearance Procedures for Vessels Arriving 25 Sep 2014
Singapore
2014 13 Changes to Permit Exemptions Under Regulations 13(2) of 03 Oct 2014
the Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations
2014 15 Revision of Singapore Eastern Pilot Boarding Grounds and 01 Dec 2014
Measures to Enhance Safety for the Eastern Approaches of
the Port of Singapore
2015 02 Revocation of Licences of Two Bunker Suppliers Due to 12 Feb 2015
Contravention of Terms and Conditions of the Bunkering
Licences
2015 03 Implementation of Singapore Standard for Bunkering SS 600: 23 Feb 2015
2014 and SS 524 2014
2015 04 Near–Miss Reporting 01 Apr 2015
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2016 16 Advisory to Owners, Agents and Masters of Pleasure Craft, 18 Nov 2016
Recreational Fishing Vessels and Yachts Departing
Singapore
2016 18 [Reminder] Mandatory Adoption of Mass Flow Metering 30 Dec 2016
System for Marine Fuel Oil Delivery in the Port of Singapore
2017 03 Prohibition of Anchoring in the Straits of Malacca and 19 Jan 2017
Singapore
2017 04 Water Price Revisions for Shipping Customers 23 Feb 2017
2017 15 Request for Banker's Guarantee or Insurance Bond and 04 Oct 2017
General Interbank Recurring Order (GIRO)
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2017 17 Withdrawal of 50% Port Dues Concession for MARPOL 09 Oct 2017
Compliant Double-Hulled Port Limit Bunker Tankers from
01 Jan 2018
2017 20 Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Revokes 26 Oct 2017
Transocean Oil Pte Ltd. ‘s Bunkering Licences
2017 21 Sisters' Islands Marine Park 20 Nov 2017
2017 22 Cashless Payments with Effect from 01 Jan 2018 08 Dec 2017
2018 09 New Port Limits – Maritime and Port Authority of 06 Dec 2018
Singapore (Port Limits) (Amendment) Notification 2018
2018 10 Amendment to Reporting Procedures for Vessels 18 Dec 2018
manoeuvring in Port
2018 11 Prohibited Anchoring in western Singapore Port 27 Dec 2018
2019 03 Reporting Procedures for Ships Transiting Western 13 Mar 2019
Singapore Port Limits
2019 05 Changes to the Fourth and Fifth Schedules of the 02 Apr 2019
Strategic Goods (Control) Regulations (SGCR)
2019 06 Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Port Limits 08 Apr 2019
Suspension) Notification 2019
2019 08 Prohibited Anchoring Outside Designated Anchorage 08 Apr 2019
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