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S'PORE TO HANDLE SIGNIFICANT MARITIME TRAFFIC GROWTH WITH NEW PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTRE
SINGAPORE, July 25 (Bernama) -- The new Port Operations Control Centre in Changi will enable Singapore to handle the significant growth in maritime traffic, says the Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lui Tuck Yew.
Lui said this when he officially commissioned the new Port Operations Control Centre – Changi (POCC-Changi) this morning.
He said Singapore is a premier hub port along important trade routes.
"We place strong emphasis on the safety of navigation and the security of vessels," he added.
Equipped with a state-of-the-art Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS), POCC-Changi plays a crucial role in ensuring navigational safety and protection of the marine environment in Singapore’s port waters and the Singapore Strait.
Singapore sits strategically on the crossroads of trade and plays an important role as a major transhipment hub.
In 2010, vessel arrival tonnage reached 1.92 billion gross tons, making Singapore one of the busiest ports in the world.
Three years in the making, the new POCC-Changi is Singapore’s third POCC and will eventually replace the existing facility at Tanjong Pagar Complex (POCC-TPC).
The new VTIS at POCC-Changi has the ability to handle up to 10,000 vessel tracks at any one time. This is twice the capacity of the existing VTIS.
The new VTIS is also able to pool together information from various sources like radars, Automatic Identification System (AIS), Harbour Craft Transponder System (HARTS), Closed Circuit Television System (CCTV) and ship databases to present a comprehensive sea situation picture to MPA’s Vessel Traffic Management (VTM) operators on high-resolution displays.
Enhanced monitoring functions also assist the VTM operators in detecting potential collisions and grounding situations, so as to facilitate timely warnings to ships.
The enhanced capabilities will help in ensuring safety of navigation and environmental protection in the Port of Singapore and the Singapore Strait even with the increases in traffic volumes.
With the completion and commissioning of POCC-Changi, the existing POCC at PSA Vista (POCC-Vista) will be undergoing upgrading to incorporate the same new technology used at POCC-Changi.
During the upgrading, which is expected to be completed within a year, navigational safety will not be affected as the POCC-TPC will continue to function alongside the POCC-Changi.
After the completion of upgrading works at POCC-Vista, vessel traffic management operations will be conducted out of POCC-Vista and POCC-Changi, and POCC-TPC will be decommissioned.
Costing a total of S$25.4 million, POCC-Changi and the upgrading of
POCC-Vista are part of MPA’s investments in supporting infrastructure to ensure the continued safe and efficient operation of the Port of Singapore.
Lui said this when he officially commissioned the new Port Operations Control Centre – Changi (POCC-Changi) this morning.
He said Singapore is a premier hub port along important trade routes.
"We place strong emphasis on the safety of navigation and the security of vessels," he added.
Equipped with a state-of-the-art Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS), POCC-Changi plays a crucial role in ensuring navigational safety and protection of the marine environment in Singapore’s port waters and the Singapore Strait.
Singapore sits strategically on the crossroads of trade and plays an important role as a major transhipment hub.
In 2010, vessel arrival tonnage reached 1.92 billion gross tons, making Singapore one of the busiest ports in the world.
Three years in the making, the new POCC-Changi is Singapore’s third POCC and will eventually replace the existing facility at Tanjong Pagar Complex (POCC-TPC).
The new VTIS at POCC-Changi has the ability to handle up to 10,000 vessel tracks at any one time. This is twice the capacity of the existing VTIS.
The new VTIS is also able to pool together information from various sources like radars, Automatic Identification System (AIS), Harbour Craft Transponder System (HARTS), Closed Circuit Television System (CCTV) and ship databases to present a comprehensive sea situation picture to MPA’s Vessel Traffic Management (VTM) operators on high-resolution displays.
Enhanced monitoring functions also assist the VTM operators in detecting potential collisions and grounding situations, so as to facilitate timely warnings to ships.
The enhanced capabilities will help in ensuring safety of navigation and environmental protection in the Port of Singapore and the Singapore Strait even with the increases in traffic volumes.
With the completion and commissioning of POCC-Changi, the existing POCC at PSA Vista (POCC-Vista) will be undergoing upgrading to incorporate the same new technology used at POCC-Changi.
During the upgrading, which is expected to be completed within a year, navigational safety will not be affected as the POCC-TPC will continue to function alongside the POCC-Changi.
After the completion of upgrading works at POCC-Vista, vessel traffic management operations will be conducted out of POCC-Vista and POCC-Changi, and POCC-TPC will be decommissioned.
Costing a total of S$25.4 million, POCC-Changi and the upgrading of
POCC-Vista are part of MPA’s investments in supporting infrastructure to ensure the continued safe and efficient operation of the Port of Singapore.
