Singapore posted record port performance in 2025, having handled 44.66 million TEUs, an 8.6 per cent increase from 2024.
This was announced by Senior Minister of State for Law and Transport Murali Pillai, who was the Guest-of-Honour at the annual Singapore Maritime Foundation New Year Conversations event.
Singapore also achieved a record of 3.22 billion gross tonnage (GT) of vessel arrivals, a 3.5 per cent annual increase.
Marine fuel sales also hit a new high at 56.77 million tonnes, a 3.4 per cent increase from 2024, with continued growth in the use of alternative marine fuels, which rose to 1.95 million tonnes in 2025 compared to 1.35 million tonnes in 2024.
On 14 January 2026, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will open applications for new LNG bunker supply licences to better fulfil growing industry demand. In parallel, the Standards for Port Limit LNG Bunker Vessels will be launched, covering equipment, operational performance and efficiency for such vessels operating in Singapore to enhance safety.
MPA and Enterprise Singapore, through the Singapore Standards Council (SSC), will also upgrade the existing Technical Reference for LNG Bunkering (TR56) to a Singapore Standard in Q2 2026, strengthening requirements for safe, transparent and quality-assured LNG bunkering.
They will also publish Singapore’s first Technical Reference for Ammonia Bunkering in Q2 2026, to guide safe and reliable operations and support trials and early adoption.
Moreover, all bunker suppliers in Singapore had implemented digital bunkering by August 2025. This initiative streamlines bunkering transactions and verifies electronic bunker delivery notes (e-BDNs) through an electronic bunker delivery notes enquiry facility.
This has reportedly improved productivity and enhanced transparency in bunkering operations, saving up to 40,000 man-days annually in business process efforts.
Last November, MPA and DNV renewed their Memorandum of Understanding to deepen collaboration in maritime sustainability, digitalisation, innovation, and talent development.
