In an engaging 15-minute radio interview, PSA International Group CEO Tan Chong Meng speaks with Glenn van Zutphen from Business and Personal Finance station MONEY FM 89.3 about the future of global supply chains after COVID-19. Our key takeaway? That logistics is a team sport – and stakeholders need to collaborate to [...]
Siddarth helms the Strategy & Business Development Group as a Senior Director in CrimsonLogic. He started working with CrimsonLogic as a Senior Consultant in 2009. A management consultant by training, Siddharth had the opportunity in CrimsonLogic to work in a different capacity every few years, e.g. pre-sales, consultant, sales, general management etc. [...]
On 8 March 2020, DCT Gdansk recorded its highest number of hourly moves alongside MSC AMBRA, achieving a stellar result of more than 221.56 moves per hour at one of their 12-hour shifts on the vessel’s maiden voyage to the port.MSC AMBRA was newly constructed in 2020 with a length overall of [...]
On 22 April 2020, PSA Singapore raised the bar with the arrival of Mette Maersk, setting a record of 12,482 containers (21,500 TEUs) handled in a single call. The accomplishment surpassed PSA Singapore’s previous record set by a MSC Kalina call back in 2014.The mega vessel Mette Maersk sports a length overall [...]
A joint venture between PSA Marine and its Taiwanese partner Ta Tong Marine Group – Ventus Marine – has recently received the world’s first Service Accommodation Transfer Vessel (SATV). The SATV commenced its charter on 15 April where it provides operations and maintenance support for the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm project [...]
On 13 April 2020, Saudi Global Ports (SGP) and Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) sealed a new Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement for the First and Second Container Terminals in the King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, paving the way for SGP to be the sole container terminal operator of the port. The [...]
On 30 March 2020, PSA Singapore, along with support from Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), embarked on a joint initiative with Jurong Port Pte Ltd, City Gas Pte Ltd, Sembcorp Industries Ltd, Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd, Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) and Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi) [...]
In a significant step forward in the development of autonomous vessel operations and smart marine technology, PSA Marine and technology group Wärtsilä have successfully completed initial sea trials on the IntelliTug project. As part of the project, harbour tug PSA Polaris was retrofitted with a suite of Wärtsilä technology such as high-resolution [...]
Jimmy helms the Pilotage Services (PS) and Digital Transformation (DT) Departments in PSA Marine. He started working with PSA Marine as a Trainee Harbour Pilot in Y2002. Before joining PSA Marine, he sailed on-board tankers and container vessels with Neptune Orient Line as a navigating officer for 7 years. Jimmy [...]
PSA’s Safety Week 2020, held from 15 to 21 January 2019, saw PSA Business Units (BUs) from all around the world organise a diverse range of on-site safety activities for colleagues, contractors and other external stakeholders. While the types of activities were varied, it was a common rallying call of “Everybody [...]