Singapore hosts 44th ASEAN Ports Association Meeting
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is hosting the 44th ASEAN Ports Association (APA) Meeting on 27 and 28 November 2018. The annual meeting was officially opened by the Chairman of MPA, Mr Niam Chiang Meng, at the Conrad Centennial Hotel this morning.
About 100 key port executives and decision-makers from the nine member nations of the APA will be attending the event, which serves as a platform for ASEAN ports to cooperate in areas such as port development, operations and management.
During the meeting, each member nation will present a paper and share best practices on topics ranging from port development to enhancing port productivity.
The nine member nations of the APA are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
About the ASEAN Ports Association Meeting
Formed in 1974, the APA comprises regular and associate members. Regular members are national port authorities and/or country ports in which the government retains majority interest. Associate members are corporatised or privatised ports. These members determine programmes of work and priorities, annual budgets and other affairs of the Association; elect the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson; and attend special meetings to discuss matters on proposals, recommendations or reports of the Working Committee.
The APA Meeting is held annually and the hosting is rotated among the nine member countries. Singapore last hosted the APA Meeting in 2009. Cambodia will be hosting the 2019 APA Meeting.