Singapore is tightening the testing regime for all shore-based personnel going onboard ships, following two recent cases of Covid-19 infection on a marine surveyor and a harbour pilot.

Bureau Veritas (BV), 3D Metal Forge (3DMF) and PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) have clinched a co-funding in Singapore for their joint industry project (JIP) on additive manufacturing.

The Port of Barcelona has joined an international entity supporting the Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund, an initiative that seeks to guarantee the safety of seafarers when crew changes are carried out on ships.

Singapore’s port authority and China’s Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support talent and academic exchange between the two countries in the maritime sector.

Crew specialist CF Sharp has established its own coronavirus (Covid-19) testing centre in Manila, the Philippines to speed up its crew change process.

A Singapore-based taskforce has developed a CrewSafe audit programme based on Singapore’s crew change model, to establish safe and scalable ‘corridors’ for crew change amidst the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded a total of SGD1.62m ($1.2m) to 11 joint industry projects to drive maritime innovation.