MPA Academy attracts largest cohort of maritime officials to attend flagship Port Management Programme
The largest cohort of 27 port masters, harbour masters and middle managers from maritime and port authorities from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America and Oceania attended the sixth Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Academy’s Port Management Programme (PMP), MPA of Singapore, said in its release.
Developed and organised by MPA Academy, the five-day programme will be delivered by industry practitioners as well as senior officers from the MPA. Some of the key subjects that will be covered during the programme include maritime safety, port planning, digitalisation of the maritime industry, emergency preparedness and crisis communication.
The programme includes lectures, practical sessions and site visits. The lectures will equip participants with theoretical knowledge as well as facilitate sharing and discussion, while the practical sessions will give participants hands-on experience to develop strategies for maritime scenarios. The site visits to MPA’s Port Operations Control Centre, SMIT Singapore Pte Ltd, Integrated Simulation Centre and PSA Terminals will expose participants to the operations of the port of Singapore. As the programme is held in conjunction with the sixth run of the International Safety@Sea Week, PMP participants will also attend the Safety@Sea conference and observe the ferry rescue exercise organised as part of the suite of activities for International Safety@Sea Week.
The PMP has trained more than 110 maritime officials since its inception in 2014. MPA Academy also organises two other flagship programmes for middle to senior management of overseas maritime administrations and port authorities – the Advanced Maritime Leaders’ Programme organised for heads of maritime administrations and port authorities, and the Maritime Public Leaders’ Programme organised for directors in maritime administrations and port authorities.
