PORT MARINE CIRCULAR NO. 08 OF 2018 JOHOR BAHRU PORT LIMITS

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

PORT MARINE CIRCULAR

NO. 8 OF 2018

30 November 2018

Shipping Community

Harbour Craft Community

JOHOR BAHRU PORT LIMITS

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) would like to draw the

attention of ship masters and owners of vessels to the Federal Government Gazette

P.U. (B) 587 “Declaration of Alteration of Port Limits for Johore Bahru Port” published

on 25 October 2018 (the “Gazette Notification”) by the Attorney General’s Chambers

of Malaysia, Port Circular No. 88/2018 dated 11 November 2018, issued by the

Director of Marine, Marine Department Malaysia, Southern Region (“PC 88/2018”),

and Notice to Mariners No. 164/2018 dated 22 November 2018, issued by the Director

General, Marine Department Malaysia (“NtM 164/2018”).

2 The Gazette Notification, PC 88/2018 and NtM 164/2018 purport to extend the

port limits for Malaysia’s Johor Bahru Port in a manner which encroaches into

Singapore’s territorial waters and the approaches to the Port of Singapore off Tuas.

Accordingly, MPA does not recognise the port limits published in the Gazette

Notification, PC 88/2018 and NtM 164/2018. Ship masters and owners of vessels

should therefore disregard the Gazette Notification, PC 88/2018 and NtM 164/2018

which impinge on Singapore’s sovereignty.

3 MPA would also like to remind ship masters and owners of vessels that

Singapore’s territorial waters extend westward of Singapore’s current port limits

around Tuas and vessels operating in this area are to continue to comply with

applicable Singapore regulations.

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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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