Singapore reported record port performance in 2025, with container volumes and vessel activity reaching new highs as the city-state continued to strengthen its position as a major global transshipment hub.
Singapore achieved a record of 3.22 billion gross tonnes of vessel arrivals and 44.66 million TEUs of container throughput in 2025, marking year‑on‑year increases of 3.5% and 8.6%, respectively.
Marine fuel sales also hit a new high at 56.77 million tonnes, up 3.4% from the previous year. Use of alternative marine fuels also continued to grow, rising 1.95 million tonnes from 1.35 million tonnes in 2024.
As part of its preparations for a multi‑fuel future, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will open applications for new LNG bunker supply licences on January 14 to meet rising industry demand. It will also introduce Standards for Port Limit LNG Bunker Vessels, covering equipment, operational performance, and efficiency requirements for vessels operating in Singapore.
In addition, MPA and Enterprise Singapore, through the Singapore Standards Council, plan to upgrade the existing Technical Reference for LNG Bunkering (TR56) to a Singapore Standard in Q2 2026 and publish the country's first Technical Reference for Ammonia Bunkering in the same period to support safe operations, trials, and early adoption.
On the sustainability front, Singapore reported that in 2025, it established two new Green and Digital Shipping Corridors (GDSCs) with India and the Republic of Korea respectively, and elevated the GDSC with China to the national level, bringing the total to nine.
These corridors aim to pilot solutions to enhance the resilience, efficiency and sustainability of global supply chains connecting through Singapore to its partners.
Projects planned for 2026 include developing common emissions-reporting protocols, enhancing digital exchanges, and conducting fuel trials along participating routes.
With these developments, a Keppel‑led consortium was also appointed in October 2025 to carry out front‑end engineering design studies for ammonia power generation and bunkering, representing coordinated steps toward readying Singapore as a multi‑fuel bunkering hub.
MPA said digital bunkering in Singapore has also achieved a 100% adoption rate — all bunker suppliers in Singapore have implemented digital bunkering as at August 2025.
"This initiative streamlines bunkering transactions and verifies electronic bunker deliver notes (e-BDNs) through a electronic bunker delivery notes enquiry facility," the statement added, noting that this has improved productivity and enhanced transparency in bunkering operations, saving up to 40,000 man-days annually in business process efforts.
Growth as an International Maritime Centre
Meanwhile, Singapore further strengthened its position as a leading International Maritime Centre (IMC) in 2025. Over the past year, 35 maritime companies opened or expanded their operations here, bringing the total to more than 200 international shipping groups.
Singapore also retained its top ranking in the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index.
Industry collaboration in maritime digitalisation and R&D continued to expand in 2025. Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed and renewed with industry partners, underscoring a shared commitment to strengthen innovation and capability development.
MPA noted that several technology and innovation centres were also established and operationalised in Singapore, including the ABS Singapore Maritime Safety Centre, BV-Singapore Institute of Technology Centre for Maritime Electrification, and RINA Technology Demonstration Centre.