Captain M Segar, Assistant Chief Executive (Operations) MPA, speaking to the shipping community at the dialogue session

A press statement was issued by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on 29th May regarding collisions in its waters in January and February this year and extracts appear below.

The findings of the investigations showed that human error and poor judgement of the situation was the main cause of the three collisions. There was lack of situational awareness of the bridge teams, including the pilots, although MPA’s Port Operations Control Centre (POCC) had provided advisories and warnings of the traffic situation to the bridge teams.