Section 7

to promote the use, improvement and development of the port;

to regulate and control navigation within the limits of the port and the approaches to the port;

to provide and maintain adequate and efficient lighthouses, beacons, buoys and other aids to navigation in the territorial waters of Singapore and the approaches thereto, at Pedra Branca (Horsburgh), at Pulau Pisang and at any other places that the Authority thinks fit;

to disseminate navigational information;

to exercise licensing and regulatory functions in respect of marine and port services and facilities;

to secure that there are provided in the port (whether by itself or by any public licensee), adequate and efficient marine and port services and facilities on any terms that the Authority thinks expedient;

to secure that any person by whom any marine or port services and facilities fall to be provided in the port is able to provide the services and facilities efficiently while maintaining independent financial viability;

to promote efficiency, reliability and economy on the part of public licensees in accordance with, as far as practicable, recognised international standards and public demand;

to create an economic regulatory framework in respect of the provision of marine and port services and facilities which promotes and safeguards competition and fair and efficient market conduct or, in the absence of a competitive market, which prevents the misuse of monopoly or market power;

to promote, provide and administer training schemes for members of the mercantile marine and the shipping and port industries;

to develop, promote and regulate employment among members of the mercantile marine;

to exercise regulatory functions in respect of merchant shipping and particularly in respect of safety at sea, the manning of vessels and the prevention of pollution at sea;

to promote the development of merchant shipping;

to advise the Government on all matters relating to sea transport and the provision of marine and port services and facilities;

to act internationally as the national body representative of Singapore in respect of sea transport, marine and port matters;

to discharge or facilitate the discharge of international obligations of the Government in respect of sea transport; and

to perform any other functions that are conferred on the Authority by this Act or any other written law.

satisfying all reasonable demands for marine and port services and facilities;

fostering the development and expansion of marine and port services and facilities in the world in collaboration with other countries and international organisations;

enabling persons providing marine and port services and facilities in Singapore to compete effectively in the provision of those services and facilities outside Singapore;

the promotion of measures for the safety of life in the port;

the promotion of research and development in the fields of marine and port services and facilities; (f)collaboration with educational institutions for the promotion of technical education in the fields of marine and port services and facilities;

the promotion of energy efficiency within the port services and facilities sector; and

environmental protection and the sustainable development of sea transport.

if the Authority is of the opinion that the person has failed to discharge or is not discharging to the Authority’s satisfaction the obligations imposed by the Authority on the person in the public licence; or

to give effect to any direction of the Minister under section 9.