New LNG Bunkering vessel for Singapore to be built at Sembcorp Tuas Yard:
https://www.lngworldnews.com/gas-entec-gets-asias-largest-lng-bunkering-vessel-gig/
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Commercial drone delivery to ships in the anchorages, or passing in Singapore Strait has commenced:
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They would need many huge flotillas of drones to bunker a large ship; even to supply her galleyā¦
One medicament, a pound of something, or a rarely used spice for the galleyā¦ OK.
No doubt automated ones with built-in eyedroppers, or tiny shovels for the heavy stuff.
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Drone companies would make a fortune selling alcohol and tobacco products haha.
I donāt think anybody is talking about bunkering. There are enough bunker tankers in Singapore to take care of that.
No tobacco products. Have you been to Singapore lately?
Singapore is likely to be the first country to ban smoking altogether.
The first and last time I was in Singapore was two years ago, canāt recall seeing many smokers.
With the amount of seafarers that smoke they will probably still sell them at airports and to ships, even if they are banned for the local populace in shops.
Iām an ex-smoker, but would be happy to see tobacco products banned personally.
Singapore and no smoking
they have been very clever raising the age you can smoke by rolling it forward each year so one generation will never smoke.
Its 20 yrs old now, 21 next year etc.
You cant import even one cigarette
Chewing gum gone years ago
Singapore is looking for good ideas that can help in future disruptions of shipping and the maritime industry:
Anybody here who have some good ideas they want/need support to develop and/or promot?
Singapore is upping itās game in Mariitime Arbitration:
Singapore Police Coastguard receives Fast Craft Simulators from Kongsberg nto improve training of new recruits and existing Officers:
All you have to do to stay ahead of the competition is plan 30, 40, 50 year ahead:
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/mpa-receives-accolade-at-world-ports-sustainability-awards-for-singapores-next-generation-tuas-port/
Singapore is number 1 Shipping Hub for the 7th year running:
The western hubs are fading though.
PS> Singapore must be doing something right, despite what powerabout think.
Singapore has a major geographic advantage, they just need to run it well, which they do but like most things in the region they are gifted a huge amount of the business due to the pathetic management in surrounding countries.
Freight was down 20%+ pre covid on 2018 figures
Singapore just being a freight consolidation port suffers when China and USA fight
Covid has cancelled/delayed the new massive Terminal 5 and 3rd runway project, it was just getting too expensive.
Havnt had an update on the new port for a while but it was running way behind
You must be the most pessimistic and negative person in Singapore. (OK maybe together with your Expat buddies)
You are also not very well informed:
Statistics from MPA for 2019:
https://www.mpa.gov.sg/web/portal/home/media-centre/news-releases/detail/38b82bb6-2f92-418c-a98d-c4c9e56f9232#:~:text=The%20Port%20of%20Singapore%20handled,Tonnage%20(GT)%20in%202019.&text=4%20Singapore%20remains%20a%20key,47.5%20million%20tonnes%20in%202019.
The latest monthly figures (June 2020) show a slowing on all fronts. (Not surprisingly, given the āCircuit Breakerā and general slowdown in the world:
https://www.mpa.gov.sg/web/portal/home/maritime-singapore/port-statistics
Last update is that Tuas Mega Port was on schedule to open first two berths in 2021, but there MAY be some delays due to the pandemic:
That is correct. Terminal 5 and Runway 3 was planned to be ready when additional capacity was projected to be needed.
With the increase in traffic now expected to be delayed, so is the planned completion date of this project.
I presume that doesnāt meet with your approval? They should spend years haggling and finally start construction when the existing capacity is already exceeded, causing long ques and delays, like many other countries does? That would give you and your Expat buddies more to complain about. (As if you need any more)
Fast craft simulators look fun, I wonder if training centers make money on the side by renting them out to the general public who just want to play games on them haha.
Hereās a similar one from a different company:
you do know the 3rd runway was built years ago and the project stopped
you read the propaganda and believe it as you seem to have no other source?
Thats all printed in Singapore for the benefit of the cannon fodder.
So who is the informed one?
I had a project on some tugs for a few weeks last year ( why then because work load had dropped) and being told by the crew what the reality is.
Where do I get data from the airport, some expat engineers working on it as I did for the port but not spoken to them for ages.
I go sailing with people from the EDB, the GIC etc, thats where i get my information.
Pilots, I know plenty, plus sim operators plus the old SIA chief check pilot, GE engines boss, RR factory manager etc re facts not the newspaper.
Just like when you try to tell me shipping traffic in the straits is up, anyone that has been out on the water for 10 years+ will tell you the ships are a mile apart these days, sailing across is very simple it wasnt years ago.
I do have somer contact in Singapore + a large In-Law family and a number of God Daughters/Sons that keeps me informed on the āCoffeeshop Talkā.
Yes Singapore statistics are āprinted in Singaporeā. (Very observant)
So you see the local population as ācannon fodderā only, not educated people that can think for themselves?
That is typical of some Expats that like to sit together and complain about the stupid locals that donāt kowtow, to their āsuperior intellectā.
you are not allowed to think for yourself in Singapore, you would know that.
The middle/working class is Singapore are not having a nice time for the last 10 years or so.
The laws and rules in Singapore favour the wealthy/expats to stay wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
The locals are complaining more then ever and there are more cheap foreign workers than every before.
I have a pile of relatives here none that are rich so I also hear how they think and what they know which is 99% of what the Gov prints out for their benefit.
Sitting in a Marina the other day thinking none of these owners are employees ( except for the expats and very few locals) and I bet they all have businesses with lots of foreign workers.
You spent a lifetime here in OnG how many locals involved?