Security-Related Information

• Security-Related Incident Reports
• UN Sanctions
• Piracy and Armed Robberies

Security-Related Incident Reports

• Owners and managers are reminded that any marine security-related incidents involving Singapore-registered vessels should be reported to MPA. The reporting should be made by completing the 'Security Incident Form'. The reporting should be made by completing the 'Security Incident Form'. More details can be found in REPORTING OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING SINGAPORE-REGISTERED SHIPS / REV.1. The 'Security Incident Form' can also be obtained from the circular.

UN Sanctions

• Owners and managers of Singapore-flagged vessels are advised to ensure that operations in the shipping, port and marine sector of Singapore do not contravene sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council. An indicative list of unilateral sanctions or embargoes may be found at the Singapore Customs’ website. You may also refer to the United Nations Security Council website for information on the sanctions regimes. Please click here for the full text of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions. You may wish to click here for the Consolidated Sanctions List of all individuals and entities subject to sanctions measures imposed by the United Nations Security Council. Please note that the list is not exhaustive, and we will like to remind owners and managers of Singapore-flagged vessels to keep updated on the relevant sanction regimes.

• You may also wish to refer to the list of Shipping Circulars here.

• For more information on the United Nations (Sanctions-Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Regulations 2010, in particular, on the "Declaration for Non-leasing and Non-chartering of Singapore-flagged ships to DPRK-Linked Entities", please refer to the link here.

Piracy and Armed Robberies

• Shipping Circular No 19 of 2015  

• ReCAAP/IMO
  • Regional Guide to Counter Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia
    
  • Special Report on Abducting of Crew from Ships in the Sulu-Celebes Sea and Waters off Eastern Sabah (Part III)
  • Guidance on Abduction of Crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and Waters off Eastern Sabah
    
  • Incident Alert (Abduction of Crew of Giang Hai)
  • Guidelines for Owners, Operators and Masters for Protection Against Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea Region
  • Global Counter Piracy Guidance for Companies, Masters and Seafarers

• INTERTANKO
  • Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy and Enhance Maritime Security off the Coast of West Africa including Gulf of Guinea 

• Advisory on Reporting Practices 
  • Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships and Amendment to Best Management Practices (Version 5) to Deter Piracy in the High Risk Area and Enhance Maritime Security in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea
  • Reporting of Incidents of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in the Gulf of Guinea