Ship chandlers & ship supply at Singapore SGSIN

MPA reported record figures for 2025: vessel arrival tonnage of 3.22 billion GT (+3.5%), container throughput of 44.66 million TEU (+8.6%) and bunker sales of 56.77 million tonnes (+3.4%), of which 1.95 million tonnes were alternative fuels, up from 1.35 million tonnes in 2024.^[1]

—Tuas Port, PSA’s consolidated next-generation terminal, has handled 25 million TEU since operations began in September 2022; it has 14 operational berths and is on track for 18 by 2027. PSA operates 24/7, all year round.^[2]

—MPA’s anchorages chartlet lists 29 anchorages, among them the Eastern Bunkering A/B/C, Eastern Petroleum A/B/C and Western Petroleum A/B anchorages, the Western Quarantine and Immigration Anchorage, and the Sudong, Selat Pauh and Raffles groups.^[3]

All bunker suppliers, bunker craft operators, bunker surveyors and bunker surveying companies operating in the port must be licensed by MPA, which publishes the lists of licensed bunker suppliers, craft operators, bunker tankers, surveying companies and LNG bunker suppliers.^[4]

—Mass flow meters are mandatory: for marine fuel oil from 1 January 2017 and for distillates from 1 July 2019. The metering standard is SS 648 (current edition SS 648:2024), which replaced TR 48.^[5,6]

—Other Singapore Standards cover the supply chain: SS 524:2021 (quality management for the bunker supply chain), SS 600:2022 (code of practice for bunkering) and SS 660:2020 (terminal-to-tanker transfer by mass flow meter), plus standards for methanol bunker tankers and LNG bunker vessels.^[6]

—Electronic bunker delivery notes: from 1 April 2025 suppliers must provide digital bunkering services and issue e-BDNs as the default, using MPA-whitelisted solutions; an e-BDN record enquiry on digitalPORT@SG lets the buyer check the note against what was submitted to MPA.^[7]

—Alternative fuels: applications for LNG bunker supply licences opened on 14 January 2026, and MPA planned the first Technical Reference for ammonia bunkering for Q2 2026.^[1]

—Arrival notice: passenger ships and vessels of 300 GT and above notify the Port Master at least 12 hours before arrival (or on departure from the last port if the voyage is shorter), and at least 24 hours ahead when carrying hazardous and noxious substances in bulk. The Arrival General Declaration is filed on digitalPORT@SG within 24 hours of arrival; first-time callers need a Vessel Record Creation first.^[8]

—Pilotage: vessels under 300 GT have a blanket exemption in pilotage areas A, B and D; larger vessels up to set limits per area (for example 300–1,999 GT in Area A with the PESV course) can be exempted on MPA’s conditions — everything else takes a pilot.^[9]

—Garbage: MPA provides complimentary daily garbage collection to all vessels at designated anchorages for MARPOL Annex V garbage, by four collection crafts (Changi, Eastern, Western, Tuas) during the working day. Bulky items, drums of chemicals, oil sludge or used cooking oil, and industrial waste are not collected. Special collection is requested through digitalPORT@SG at S$900 per bin per trip.^[10]

—Fresh water: MPA supplies water directly from the mains to vessels on a tiered tariff — S$7.35 per 1,000 litres for the first 50,000 litres, rising in steps above that, plus PUB water conservation tax.^[11]

—Supply boats: no vessel may be used as a harbour craft within the port without an MPA harbour craft licence — check that the craft delivering your stores is licensed.^[12]

—Provisions, deck, engine and cabin stores, spares and launch deliveries to the anchorage: post a requirement and suppliers serving Singapore answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you supply ships in Singapore, activate Singapore.