Singapore brings in new dangerous goods rule

ALAN PEAT NEW DANGEROUS goods regulations came into effect in the Port of Singapore on January 31. The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has replaced the previous regulations with a revised system based on International Maritime Organisation (IMO) classes and United Nations (UN) numbers. They will control the quantity of dangerous goods carried onboard a vessel berthing at port terminals – with, for example, explosives under IMO Classes 1.1B & 1.1D not allowed to be handled/transit at the terminals, but only at the Tuas jetty and Sudong explosive anchorage. The major changes of the revised system can be found on the MPA website: http://www.mpa.gov.sg