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World Shipping Council. The World Shipping Council (WSC) is the primary industry trade association representing the international liner shipping industry, which offers regularly scheduled service on fixed schedules. Most liner carriers are container shipping lines.
Port of Singapore. The top 10 busiest container ports by year (2004–2023) This article lists the world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers ), by total number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) transported through the port.
The International Maritime Organization ( IMO; French: Organisation maritime internationale; Spanish: Organización Marítima Internacional) [ 1] is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating maritime transport. [ 2] The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference held in Geneva in 1948 [ 3] and the IMO ...
PSA International Pte Ltd, formerly the Port of Singapore Authority, is a port operator and supply chain company, with flagship operations in Singapore and Antwerp. One of the largest port operators in the world, PSA has terminals across 26 countries, including deepsea, rail and inland facilities. PSA is also involved in distripark and marine ...
The International Chamber of Shipping is one of the world's principal shipping organisations, representing around 80% [ 2] of the world's merchant tonnage through membership by national shipowners ' associations. [ 1] It is concerned with maritime regulatory, operational and legal issues. [ 1] Its membership includes over 40 national shipowner ...
The International Association of Classification Societies ( IACS) is a technically based non-governmental organization that currently consists of twelve member marine classification societies. More than 90% of the world's cargo-carrying ships’ tonnage is covered by the classification standards set by member societies of IACS. [ 1]
The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) was established in 1966. Today, Singapore is reputed for its quality ship registry and is ranked among the world's top ten largest ship registries, with a fleet of more than 4,400 ships and tonnage of 96 million gross tons. [2]
Singapore maintains diplomatic relations with 189 UN member states. The three exceptions are the Central African Republic, Monaco and South Sudan. [citation needed] Singapore supports the concept of Southeast Asian regionalism and plays an active role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which it is a founding member.