Circular - Reporting of Marine Casualties and Marine Incidents to the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore (TSIB) and SFA

Dear Owners, Masters, Persons-in-charge of all Fishing Vessels including SFA-licensed vessels

 Reporting of Marine Casualties and Marine Incidents to the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore (TSIB) and SFA

            This circular seeks to inform representatives of SFA-licensed vessels and foreign fishing vessels in Singapore waters of the need for reporting of marine casualties and marine incidents to the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB). This is following the gazette of the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018 and the Transport Safety Investigations (Marine Occurrences) Regulations 2023 on 1 January 2024.

2          Examples of marine casualties and incidents that should be reported to TSIB within the stipulated reporting timeline include any of the following in connection with vessel operations:

Contact Details:

24/7 Telephone call - TSIB’s Marine Duty Officer (MDO) at +65 9628 3593

Email – TSIB’s email at notification_of_marine_occurrences@mot.gov.sg

Copy SFA at SFA_Ops_Centre@sfa.gov.sg & Fishery_ports_team@sfa.gov.sg

3          Information to be included in the report is as follows:

1. Date and time of the incident;
2. Location of the incident;
3. The fishing vessel’s name;
4. License number issued by the SFA (if applicable);
5. Type of the incident, e.g. injury to a fisher; contact with port facility; collision with another vessel, etc.;
6. Details of the incident if known;
7. The name and contact details of fishing vessel’s owner, or person-in-charge.

4         If you require clarification on the above, please write to TSIB via email: notification_of_marine_occurrences@mot.gov.sg.