PORT MARINE CIRCULAR NO. 08 OF 2019 PROHIBITED ANCHORING OUTSIDE DESIGNATED ANCHORAGES

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

PORT MARINE CIRCULAR

NO. 08 OF 2019

08 APRIL 2019

Shipping Community

Harbour Craft Community

Pleasure Craft Community

PROHIBITED ANCHORING OUTSIDE DESIGNATED ANCHORAGES

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has published Port Marine

Circular (PMC) No. 06 of 2019 to inform ship masters, owners, and agents of vessels

of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Port Limits – Suspension) Notification

2019 that came into operation on 08 April 2019 at 0001hours.

2 MPA would like to remind ship masters, owners and agents of vessels operating

in Singapore port waters that anchoring in all areas outside the designated anchorages

is strictly prohibited. Pursuant to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Port)

Regulations, offenders whose vessels are anchored outside the designated

anchorages may, upon conviction, be liable for fines of up to $20,000 and $2,000 for

every day or part of a day that the offence continues after conviction.

3 This circular suspends the effect of Port Marine Circular No. 11 of 2018 pending

an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the

Government of Malaysia on the maritime boundary delimitation in the area

surrounding the Johore Bahru port limits off Tanjung Piai and Singapore port limits off

Tuas which is yet to be agreed upon by the Government of Malaysia and the

Government of the Republic of Singapore under the Agreement between the

Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore to Delimit

Precisely the Territorial Waters Boundary in Accordance with the Straits Settlements

and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement 1927 done at Singapore on 7 August 1995.

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4 For any enquiry, please contact us at pocc@mpa.gov.sg.

CAPTAIN KEVIN WONG

PORT MASTER

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

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