Major milestone in Tuas Reclamation Project
Mr. Khaw Boon Wan, Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport, witnessed the installation of the 221st and final caisson for Tuas Terminal Phase 1 reclamation today. “We have been reclaiming from the sea since independence. But the Tuas reclamation project is not more of the same; it applies complex state-of-the-art engineering expertise, using caissons for higher efficiency and safety…” said Mr. Khaw. The caisson transfer and installation, along with other marine activities including dredging and sand deposit, has been made safe and efficient based on the recommendations from the Formal Safety Assessments carried out by SimPlus.
The Tuas Terminal development project is a centerpiece of Singapore’s next-generation port vision entailing the consolidation of container port activities at all city terminals at Tanjong Pagar, Pasir Panjang, Keppel and Brani. Commenced in 2015, Phase 1 reclamation works are three-quarters completed and on schedule to be fully completed in 2021. When fully completed in 2040, Tuas Terminal is expected to be the largest container terminal in the world with a total capacity of up to 65 million TEUs.
SimPlus is proud to have contributed to this state-of-the-art maritime setup. Besides FSAs, we provide smart vessel tracking and monitoring solutions for the contractors and work closely with MPA to ensure the risk of marine operations is kept to as low as reasonably practical.
A video clip can be found from the MPA facebook page on the introduction of the project. Picture courtesy of MPA.
SimPlus was invited to present at the 2018 International Symposium in Modelling and Simulation for Smart Systems (MSG 2018). Our Managing Director Ms Stuti Nautiyal joined the panel discussion to share her ideas on the latest technical trends, research developments, and practical applications in maritime systems. Other panelists include practitioners from PSA International and ST Logistics.
Singapore has one of the world’s busiest hub port and waterways, hosting more than 1000 vessels at any one time. Vessels would call at pilot boarding grounds to pick up pilots, where the slowing down and speeding up maneuvers may cause traffic conflicts and navigational risks, especially during the peak hours.
SimPlus was invited by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) to showcase its gamut of software and solutions targeted to maritime safety, at the International Safety@Sea Conference 2018. Driven by real-time and predictive analytics, the Near-term Collision Prediction and Avoidance system has been running 
24/7 at MPA’s Port Operations Control Centre, to assist its duty officers to detect possible conflicts among vessels at the precautionary areas and send early warnings to vessels for preventive actions. Its ship-borne version, vTrack (Vessel Tracking System) and VTSS (Vessel Traffic Simulation System) were were also demonstrated during the exhibition.
SimPlus is proud to join the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the maritime community in the fundraising event MPA Charity Gold 2018. More than $290,000 has been raised for the Community Chest and MPA’s two adopted charities; The Salvation Army – Kids in Play Programme (KIP) and REACH Family Service Centre.
Senior Minister of State for Transport and Health, Dr Lam Pin Min, during his speech at the Singapore Maritime Technology Conference 2018 mentioned the role being played by SimPlus in helping Maritime Singapore remain vibrant and competitive. SimPlus is one of the technology developers in the process of developing enabling technologies for the safe and efficient operations at the port of Singapore in the midst of increasing vessel traffic. SimPlus develop simulation models for predicting traffic hotspots and planning systems for optimizing anchorage use.
