There are many interesting facts that you may not know about Maritime Singapore. Here are some quick interesting and not very well-known facts about Maritime Singapore. - At any one time, there are about 1,000 vessels in the Singapore port.
- Every 3-4 minutes, 1 ship arrive or leave Singapore.
- All vessels passing through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore are kept track of by the Maritime and Port Authority’s (MPA) Port Operations Control Centre, using the Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS), which can track up to 5,000 vessels in real time.
- Singapore is well-connected to more than 600 ports in over 120 countries.
- Although Singapore does not produce any oil, it is one of the top bunkering (ship refuelling) ports in the world. Annually, about 30 million tonnes of bunkers are lifted in Singapore. This is enough to fill over 14,000 Olympic-sized pools.
- The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) is among the top 10 largest registries in the world. Today, the SRS has over 4,000 vessels registered with it.
- Singapore commands about 70% share of the world's jack-up rig-building market and two-thirds of the global floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) platforms market.
- Singapore has been a council member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since 1993.
- Singapore is the first seaport in the world to offer wireless WiMax access.
- In today’s interconnected world of commerce, more than 90% of the world’s trade is carried by sea.
- Seaborne trade remains the most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transporting cargo. Without it, half the world would starve and the other half would freeze.
- Annually, more than 120,000 ships call at Singapore.
- The world’s biggest vessel, the Emma Maersk, arrived in Singapore on 1 October 2008, making its first maiden call to an Asian port. The vessel is able to carry 11,000 twenty-foot containers. If these containers were stacked end to end, they would reach a staggering total of 42 miles.
- About a million visitors cruise into Singapore annually in a continuous cycle.
- Seaborne trade has been an important lifeline for Singapore from the time of its founding in 1819.
- Today, there are about 5,000 maritime companies contributing more than 7% to Singapore’s gross domestic product, and employs more than 170,000 personnel.
- SGX AsiaClear is Asia's first and only clearing facility for Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) and oil swaps. It exceeded US$4.7 million in value of trades cleared in 2007.
- The driving force behind building Singapore into a thriving International Maritime Centre is MPA!
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