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Hanoi has developed a strategy and roadmap to build a smart city by 2025, along with the project titled “The smart city ICT architecture for Hanoi”. Hanoi is developing this smart city with the goal of building an e-government.
Due to the size and population of Hanoi, the need to build a smart city with sustainable development and bringing convenience, safety and friendliness is becoming increasingly urgent but with the application of new and key technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is expected to meet the needs of this rapidly growing city.
Hanoi looks to international smart cities to build e-government and smart city
Hanoi will develop its information and communication technology by looking at international case studies. By using examples of international best practice, this will to help Hanoi develop the competitiveness, innovation, transparency and efficiency of its urban authorities.
Hanoi has been promoting its international co-operation in order to meet its smart city goals. The city’s leaders have actively worked with foreign businesses to build the country’s largest data centre complexes in Hanoi. Hanoi’s authority has also worked with the world’s leading IT corporations, and have signed co-operation agreements with Microsoft Corporation, Dell Technology Group on building an e-government and a smart city.
Hanoi rolling out public sector e-services
Hanoi has rolled out a public service portal to provide online services and is aiming to have 80% of online public services at advanced levels by the end of 2019. The city will use online registration for newly- established enterprises at the rate of 100%, e-customs at the rate of 100%, electronic tax declaration and social insurance at the rate of over 98%.
The city has already begun digitising urban transport and infrastructure
In regards to urban transport, Hanoi has built and put into operation the Centre for Urban Traffic Management and Operation for many years now. The city has also deployed an itinerary management application on more than 100 bus routes. The city is currently finalizing their smart transport scheme, concentrating on digitizing infrastructure and transport, building software and applications for traffic management and handling violations automatically.
In the field of natural resources and environment, Hanoi has been carrying out environmental monitoring on air quality, water quality, rainfall, flooded area maps. The city is also putting in place investment processes to build a general database system database for its land management.


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President Jokowi stressed the need for constant innovation for ministries, agencies and regional governments to speed up services. Rising public expectations will be challenging to achieve without creative problem-solving.
Abdullah Azwar Anas, Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) said that new ideas are essential to enhancing the standard of government services. However, Anas emphasised that creating a new application for every breakthrough is unnecessary. Since there are presently over 27,000 applications for various public services from several government organisations, they have already been developed.
“It’s encouraging to see the government adopting new approaches to delivering services to make life easier for its constituents. But a new app development effort is not mandatory. No longer is there a ‘one invention, one use’,” he said when inaugurating the 2023 Public Service Innovation Competition (KIPP) Launch.
According to Anas, innovation should simplify people’s lives, not make them more difficult. Minister Anas has stated that integration and interoperability are essential in the future. Both are following the plans of the SPBE Electronic-Based Government System, as directed by President Joko Widodo. Single sign-on at digital public service malls (MPP) is a step towards simplifying all kinds of processes.
“In other words, gone are the days when locals seeking service A first downloaded app A, then manually created account A by entering extensive personal information. Accessing Service B requires using Application B; if you don’t already have a Service B account, you must make one and enter your information again. As well as the others. The populace is in disarray with thousands of service applications today,” he noted.
Furthermore, the government has carried out a digital transformation of public services using artificial intelligence to give convenient services to the community (AI). Diah Natalisa, Deputy for Public Services at the Ministry of Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB), has emphasised the importance of digital services and how they improve the efficiency and accessibility of government programmes.
Diah explained that the Indonesian National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2020-2045 has already been formed. It identifies five priority sectors with promising prospects for AI’s advancement, application, and exploitation. Artificial intelligence innovations are first used in the healthcare industry to improve response times, increase patient numbers served, and lower overall healthcare costs.
Patients can allegedly access medical care via telemedicine without physically going to a clinic or doctor’s office. In addition, there are various ways to employ AI in the realm of bureaucratic reform, such as creating ChatBots that can provide 24-hour, two-way dialogue with the general public.
Meanwhile, Diah argued that the potential for the future growth of artificial intelligence would lead to precision learning in education. Learners’ routine actions are considered with their mental and emotional faculties and physical abilities.
Then, artificial intelligence can be applied to satellite photos in food security to determine which locations have access to electricity and which do not. It’s been theorised that this hypothetical can also be used to catalogue the crops cultivated in a particular region and forecast the yield of each crop.
AI will also help the future of transportation and intelligent urban planning. Diah presented the example of using AI for smart traffic management solutions to guarantee locals’ safe and efficient movement from one place to another.
The Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform is developing the Public Service Portal. The portal system’s AI will be optimised to predict and fulfil each user’s needs based on their unique traits.
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Deputy Minister of Trade Jerry Sambuaga acknowledges that Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) digitalisation is an essential part of promoting Indonesia’s digital economy. The number of digitised MSMEs reached 20,997,131, an increase of 17% from the previous year. Data from 2022 shows that the total value of e-commerce transactions in Indonesia amounted to IDR 476.3 trillion, up 18.7% from the last year on a volume of 3.48 million.
He argued that strong cooperation between the federal government, regional governments, and the private sector was necessary to digitise MSMEs successfully. The commercial electronic industry from digitised MSME successfully pushed for a clear path forward.
It was reported that in 2022, the value of online sales grew by 26% from 2021, and the number of new online traders using digital platforms grew by 6% thanks to events like National Online Shopping Day (Harbolnas). The value of transactions involving locally produced goods was IDR 10 trillion, an increase of IDR 1.5 trillion, or 18%, over Harbolnas 2021, when the value of locally produced goods sold was IDR 8.5 trillion.
“Cashless payments are one of the concrete proofs of the implementation of digitalisation in the commerce sector in the market undertaken by the Ministry of Trade,” said Jerry in an Education Digitalisation of Markets, Stalls, and MSMEs discussion in Malang City, East Java.
Therefore, the Ministry of Trade supports collaboration in developing an e-commerce ecosystem. Given the enormous development potential of the digital economy, the ministry has prepared four pillars with various stakeholders.
The first pillar is that MSMEs are adaptable, creative, and motivated to grow. To increase the value of goods and supply chain efficiency and distribution to consumers, marketplaces (marketplaces) work in synergy with MSMEs through a series of capacity building, prioritising goods aggregation activities like repackaging, management assistance, and other similar endeavours.
The third pillar, contemporary retail’s function, connects MSMEs with potential business partners. In today’s modern retail environment, MSMEs can get the local products they need. Financial institutions provide the People’s Business Credit (KUR) plan as part of the fourth pillar.
To foster an environment conducive to the development of new MSMEs, the Ministry of Trade will continue to boost the contribution of trade through the electronic system by providing regulatory assistance and guidance for business.
“Collaboration, teamwork, and digital adaption are essential to overcome the current difficulties in international trade. We believe that by working together, we can advance the digital ecosystem in Indonesia, which will benefit the economy and people at all levels of society,” Jerry says.
Jerry confirmed that they are expanding the potential for creative and digital products. For example, at the Malang Creative Center, the government has a programme to aid in developing novel products. This year, the industry emphasises developing handcrafted goods like clothing, movies, comics, and games and services for consumers to use in stores.
He explained that these items were chosen because they met a need in the market for handmade items inspired by popular culture among today’s youth (specifically, animation, comics, and gaming, abbreviated “ACG”).
Intellectual property (IP) in the form of character or product patents is an export category in the ACG industry. As an illustration, consider the prevalence of product marketing featuring Marvel or Disney characters. Intellectual property is vital to expanding the ACG industry’s export capabilities and ensuring the sector’s long-term financial viability. That’s because the impact of IP on other industries will be multiplied.
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Startups are constantly looking to address new needs and demands in a novel way or solve existing issues with cutting-edge tech. They are the embodiment of innovative and creative entrepreneurship. Startups are often the catalysts for economic progress and inclusive development.
Building a successful startup for exponential growth is, nevertheless, as tricky as any other development. And while the winners receive much attention, a vast number fail. Moreover, the clamour that a successful startup generates often covers the many floundering ones. This skewed response and partial information only reveal part of the story – approximately 90% of startups fail.
There is good news though. The startup ecosystem has expanded dramatically over the last decade to help reduce the failure rate, with the total post-money market value increasing by 239%. The current environment facilitates startups in obtaining resources, access to talent, financing, and customers. In addition, it offers valuable coaching, business networks and potential future financing assistance.
According to research, firms who ‘graduate’ from an accelerator programme have a 23% higher chance of initial survival. Business incubators or accelerators have also assisted in increasing startup five-year survival rates from 75% to 87% and have successfully launched some leading tech companies.
Prepare a sustainable business
In an interview with Mohit Sagar, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of OpenGov Asia, Nguyen Quang Huy, a faculty member at Foreign Trade University (Vietnam) and visiting faculty at the Swiss School of Management, said that a sustainable business should develop its products and services while considering the needs of its customers. This involves verifying that the product or service is desirable and meets the demands of the intended market.
“The team need to need to discover about the customer – what are they looking for? Try to involve the customer in the very beginning of starting up the business. Get the customer involved in co-creation of the value and always get feedback from the customer,” he believes.
He advocates mass customisation to tailor the product or service to meet the wants of the consumers. Mass customisation is a marketing and manufacturing approach that offers the flexibility and personalisation of custom-made products, while still keeping costs comparable to those of mass-produced items. It is also referred to as made-to-order or built-to-order.
This approach is particularly suited to companies whose customers require assistance in expressing their specific needs and may feel overwhelmed when presented with a range of options to choose from. By offering mass customisation, companies can gain a competitive advantage over those that only offer standardised or generic products or services.
A prime example of mass customisation is developing tailored products or experiences based on individual customer information. This method not only enables businesses to scale up operations but also provides added value to the customer. This approach is equally applicable whether a company is a tech startup or not.
Once a business has a comprehensive understanding of its customers and their requirements, they need to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to identify and convert its customers’ challenges into opportunities and then organise them into a structured business plan.
Once a business plan is in place, securing capital is the next daunting task when building a startup. In fact, of the 90% of startups that fail, up to 38% are due to insufficient funds and a failure to raise additional capital.
Therefore, to increase the likelihood of securing funding for their idea, Nguyen recommends focusing on three critical factors.
- Innovation. The team need to be creative with the products or service.
- The team must determine if the products or the service have the potential to be developed and carried out and attract the customer.
- The team must consist of the right people, skills and knowledge. More importantly, they need to have an attitude about lobbying.
If a company fails to address these three factors, it increases the risk of going out of business. Firstly, if the product or service fails to meet the customers’ needs, it may only be viewed as an optional “add-on” rather than an essential solution, making it easier to replace with alternatives. It becomes an additional “vitamin”, not the main course.
Secondly, failing to accurately assess the market opportunities and potential demand can lead to limited growth prospects. This may result in a smaller market share and lower revenue, making it harder to sustain the business in the long run, and, in fact, may not be viable at all.
Startups today must exhibit greater tenacity in securing funding as investment rates have declined in recent times, particularly in Southeast Asia and other regions across the globe. The social and healthcare sectors seem to have bucked this trend and there has been an increase in investment in these.
Nguyen’s recommendations stem from his extensive experience in the startup industry. In addition to his role as a lecturer, he has coached student teams in Vietnam, helping them win international business competitions in countries like Thailand, Cambodia and Indonesia.
He is also the founder and advisor of the Vietnam Social Innovation Challenge. Over a decade ago, he was one of the pioneers of the competition when the concept of social entrepreneurship was still new to Vietnam. However, over time, the idea became increasingly popular and numerous universities in Vietnam began participating in the competition.
“Entrepreneurship has become a popular mindset among young people, and as students, they are increasingly concerned about creating products that can have a positive impact on society,” he observes.
The fundamental philosophy of a sustainable business model is to address social and environmental issues through a commercially viable solution. The goal is to create a business that is financially viable while also generating positive social and environmental outcomes. This approach not only makes the business more meaningful but also enhances the overall quality of life
Despite the profound influence of technology on our lives, work and business. Nguyen does not view sophisticated technologies like AI, ML, and blockchain as a threat. According to him, humans will always remain at the centre of any technological advancement.
Nguyen believes that rather than fearing technology, people should take charge of it and act as drivers and caretakers of its development. He believes that as the creators of technology, entrepreneurs possess the knowledge and capacity to manage and regulate its use
“We are often afraid of technology, but in my view, we must be the pilots. We are responsible for ourselves and our actions. We create the technology and we (should) know how to control the technology,” he emphasises.
Nguyen suggests that before people can fully leverage the benefits of technology, they need to shift their mindset towards collaborating with it. Ways in which competitive advantages can be gained must be identified.
By viewing technology as a tool for enhancement and improvement, entrepreneurs can use it to augment their business ideas and practices, thereby achieving greater success and creating a greater positive impact. This paradigm can also lead to the development of more sustainable and socially responsible business models that use technology to address important social and environmental challenges.
LKYGBPC as a platform for entrepreneur
Technology can indeed be a powerful tool for entrepreneurs to innovate and find practical solutions that improve people’s lives, Nguyen is convinced. By using technology to save time and money, businesses can help people have more fulfilling experiences and ultimately make a positive impact in their communities.
Ultimately technology is not an end in itself, but rather a means to an end, and that end should always be improving people’s lives. Nguyen feels that technology is meant to help everyone live a better life.
To foster an entrepreneurial spirit in young people, it is essential to create a supportive environment. If startups and entrepreneurs are to flourish, systems and infrastructure are crucial early on – encouraging the youth to think creatively and critically.
As such, he believes that education plays a vital role in instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in students from a young age, encouraging them to think creatively and critically.
Additionally, he stresses the importance of mentorship and support networks, providing aspiring entrepreneurs access to expertise and experts who can guide and advise them throughout the journey of starting and growing a business.
“We need to have a more entrepreneurial education in the university and the school,” he believes. “There must be an environment that encourages a strong relationship between the educational institute (school or university), experts and the industry. Young learners, entrepreneurs and startups can get knowledge from the institution, be coached by industry experts and get seed funding from incubators or accelerators.”
This aligns with Singapore Management University (SMU) ‘s vision through the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC). The competition aims to encourage and empower young entrepreneurs worldwide to create innovative and practical solutions to address real-world challenges.
The LKYGBPC offers a platform for startups to network with like-minded individuals, access mentorship and coaching, and potentially secure funding from venture capitalists and angel investors. The competition has a strong focus on sustainable and social impact startups, aligning with Nguyen’s belief in the importance of creating businesses with positive social and environmental impact.
To keep the competition relevant in the next five years, Nguyen proposes evolving LKYGBPC as a gamification in the class to make the competition a more engaging and interactive learning experience. By incorporating LKYGBPC into the educational programme, learners can have a better understanding of the practical application of their knowledge and skills. In addition, the competition can foster collaboration among learners, allowing them to learn from each other and work together to create innovative solutions.
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The Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR)/National Land Agency (BPN) has been successful in implementing interoperability in their system acknowledged Abdullah Azwar Anas, Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB). Successful governance, notably in the land and spatial planning sector, depends substantially on the interconnection of data and information.
Coordination and collaboration between business processes and electronic systems during the exchange of data and information is the interoperability goal for government services. Anas agreed that the ATR/BPN Ministry digital system has become a transparent business process in providing community services in the agricultural and spatial planning sectors due to interoperability.
“The Ministry of ATR/dedication BPNs to digitising services is something I’ve noted. There are established norms and practices at this office. You can avoid developing a brand-new programme by merely integrating an existing one,” Anas announced at the Jakarta-based Ministry of Agricultural and Spatial Planning’s National Working Meeting.
Access to government services would be vastly enhanced by launching the SPBE and facilitating data connectivity. The government has around 27,000 apps that make life more difficult for service consumers.
In this context, fresh ideas are needed, but the former head of the Government Goods and Services Procurement Policy Institute said that only significant technological advances must be implemented immediately. “There will be a lot of pressure on people, and services would be confusing,” he said.
The Corruption Perception Index, the Ease of Doing Business Index, and the Law Enforcement Index all increased due to the e-Government Development Index. To achieve Transformative Bureaucratic Reform, as measured by improved service quality and citizen satisfaction with government operations, digital transformation in government and public services is essential.
“If land and spatial planning services could be integrated into the Digital Public Service Mall, the benefits of digitalisation would be considerably greater (MPP). We’re eager to collaborate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources (ATR/BPN) on a wide range of land and spatial planning issues,” Anas believed.
In a National Working Meeting, Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Planning/Head of BPN Hadi Tjahjanto announced the rollout of a new service acceleration initiative for land and spatial planning, dubbed Seven Rapid Services. The services offered include Checking Certificates, SKPT Certificate of Land Registration, Manual Roya and Electronic Roya, Mortgage, Transfer (other than through inheritance), Decree Registration, and HGB to Freehold Conversion.
At the ceremony, Minister Hadi urged the Ministry of ATR/state BPN’s civil apparatus (ASN) to act honestly and transparently in their responsibilities. In addition, he plans to fight decisively against anyone who uses their position in the land service for malicious purposes. In other words, feel free to complete chores following the current situation.
In response to a decree from President Joko Widodo, the Electronic Based Government System (SPBE) has made the digitalisation of land and spatial planning services a top priority. Anas remarked on the ATR/BPN Ministry’s rapid transition to digital services. The Ministry of the Interior improved its SPBE score from 3.05 (good) in 2021 to 3.55 (excellent) in 2022. Services’ convergence and pervasive digitalisation will amplify this impact.
Hadi indicated that his party would continue working to enhance digital government services. He concedes that the increased efficiency of digitalisation has decreased service density by 40–50%. The agreement was also reached to combine BPN and existing MPP services in 103 municipalities. Some of the ATR/BPN services offered by MPP are the evaluation of land rights, mortgage rights, and land technical concerns, as well as the measurement of land packages and the assessment of mortgage rights.
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The Swinburne University of Technology recently announced a partnership with a technology company to bring its advanced Factory of the Future into the metaverse. This state-of-the-art facility is set to become the latest space to be digitized in this way, and it is hoped that the move will bring significant benefits to the manufacturing sector in Australia.
The aim of this collaboration is to create 3D digital twins of the production systems within the Factory of the Future, which will allow for improved manufacturing efficiency and the introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies. By creating a virtual representation of the factory and its processes, the hope is that this technology will enable small and medium-sized businesses across Australia to adopt these advanced manufacturing methods more easily and effectively.
This development is particularly exciting for those in the manufacturing industry, as the digitisation of the Factory of the Future will allow for greater optimization and automation of production processes. The use of digital twins in this way has the potential to enhance manufacturing productivity, reduce waste and downtime, and provide a more streamlined and efficient approach to production.
The partnership with this technology company highlights Swinburne University of Technology’s commitment to driving innovation and advancing Industry 4.0 technologies. Through this collaboration, the university hopes to lead the way in the adoption of cutting-edge manufacturing methods and help to drive economic growth across Australia.
Dr Werner van der Merwe, the Vice President of Innovation and Enterprise at Swinburne, stated that the university’s collaboration to bring the Factory of the Future into the metaverse will position them as leaders in this enterprise movement. As a technology-focused institution, Swinburne is driven by the pursuit of innovative ways to utilize cutting-edge technologies to create a better future.
Swinburne’s Digital Innovation Lab and its renowned researchers in the fields of intelligent manufacturing processes, system engineering, artificial intelligence, and advanced image processing will work closely with the technology company to shape the future applications of metaverse technologies for manufacturing and enterprise.
This collaboration will enable the development of cutting-edge manufacturing methods, leading to greater optimisation and automation of production processes, reduction of waste and downtime, and overall enhancement of manufacturing productivity. The goal is to create new and impactful ways of using metaverse technologies that will benefit various industry partners who rely on the Factory of the Future.
By bringing together industry and academic experts, this partnership will expedite the translation of state-of-the-art research into practical and sustainable solutions for the manufacturing and utilities sectors, using the Factory of the Future digital twin.
In addition to benefiting industry partners, this collaboration will provide students with the opportunity to learn and develop new digital and manufacturing tools and techniques, enhancing their skill sets and preparing them for future careers.
According to the Director of the tech company, this collaboration exemplifies the ideal industry and university partnership. Tomar stated that they are enthusiastic about working alongside the Swinburne University of Technology as leaders in the enterprise metaverse movement.
He also expressed confidence that the partnership provides an opportunity to leverage their expertise in developing digital twins to create pioneering solutions that will pave the way for the future of Industry 4.0 in collaboration with Swinburne.
The Associate Director of Swinburne’s Digital Innovation Lab views this partnership as an initial step towards enhancing manufacturing efficiency across the sector. He stated that the collaboration serves as another compelling example of the Digital Innovation Lab’s leadership in developing innovative digital manufacturing solutions for the Australian manufacturing industry.
By leveraging their collective expertise in areas such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and Industry 4.0, the 3D digital twins will enable them to design new and advanced digital manufacturing solutions for Swinburne’s industry partners.
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SIM card registration has been necessary for the Philippines to safeguard the public from the illicit usage of mobile phones. This law has shown to be especially advantageous for women and children, who are frequently society’s most vulnerable members.
With this, the Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) joins in the commemoration of International Women’s Day with this announcement as the event honours all women for their essential contributions to social, cultural, economic, and political development that results in constructive social transformation.
According to the UN, women and children are using the internet more frequently during the pandemic, making them more vulnerable to cyber-harassment. This includes receiving insulting and sexually explicit emails and SMS messages, as well as unwanted social networking site advances.
However, women and children will be safeguarded not only from these violent and abusive exploits but also from scams and fraudulent activities committed via phone calls and internet platforms, thanks to the SIM Registration Act. Authorities can more easily trace threatening phone calls or messages back to their source with a registered SIM card and take appropriate action against the perpetrator.
Similarly, SIM registration helps shield youngsters from exploitation and abuse. Authorities can better monitor their children’s internet activities and detect any risks or threats by requiring parents or guardians to register their children’s SIM cards. This safeguard can also serve to keep youngsters away from inappropriate or hazardous information, such as pornography or violent films.
As the country continues to make a strong case for gender equality and women’s empowerment, DICT Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo promoted Philippine government initiatives and laws aimed at women at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.
She added that closing the digital gender gap is critical to attaining gender equality and economic prosperity. The Philippine government is committed to ensuring that no one is left behind and that every individual, regardless of gender, has access to and can fully engage in the digital economy through policies, programmes, and initiatives that prioritise digital inclusion and gender equality.
To maintain the security of user data among all subscribers, particularly women and children, the DICT continues to encourage the public to register their SIM cards with their individual telcos and to be cautious while they do so.
Further, by requiring SIM card registration, authorities will be able to better track down and prosecute those who use mobile phones for illicit purposes such as extortion, cyberbullying, and human trafficking. This step also serves as a disincentive to individuals who would otherwise utilise unregistered or anonymous SIM cards for nefarious purposes.
The Philippine government makes SIM card registration easier and simpler for all members of society, including women and children. They have, for example, put in place a system of mobile registration vans that drive to remote or underserved locations to assist people in registering their SIM cards.
SIM card registration has shown to be a successful strategy for protecting women and children from many sorts of violence and exploitation in the Philippines. Hence, the government has established a safer and more secure environment for all Filipinos, particularly the most vulnerable, by mandating people register their SIM cards.
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The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has begun planning and design work for Tuas Port Phase 3. Tuas Port is being developed in four phases, with the reclamation works for Phase 3 projected to be completed in the mid-2030s.
MPA will organise a tripartite committee in 2023 with port operator PSA Singapore, government agencies, industry partners, and unions to co-create alternative mobility choices for port workers and users to improve Tuas Port’s accessibility.
Tuas Port will be the world’s largest completely automated port when completed in the 2040s, with a handling capacity of 65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), nearly doubling the handling volume of 37.3 million TEUs in 2022.
In addition, the MPA and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in August 2022 to provide full maritime 5G coverage in the major anchorages, fairways, terminals, and boarding grounds by mid-2025, to further maritime digitalisation and the development of the future concept of operations.
To support the onshore 5G communication infrastructure, twelve maritime 5G base stations will be installed. By 2023, three of the base stations will be prepared to facilitate the testing and development of fresh digital applications including telemedicine, delivery drones, digital bunkering, and remotely assisted pilotage advisory and by 2025, the last nine base stations will be installed.
The MPA is creating a Next Generation Vessel Traffic Management System (NGVTMS) with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to replace the current Vessel Traffic Information System (VTIS) to significantly improve vessel navigational safety and efficiency of the port.
Further, Phase 2 of digitalPORT@SG™ will be launched by MPA this year after Phase 1 was successfully implemented as a one-stop platform for port entry and departure in 2020. This will give port stakeholders real-time information to support just-in-time vessel arrivals to terminals.
With this, to test a data-sharing programme focused on supply procurement, fulfilment, and lighterage logistics, MPA will collaborate with Jurong Port, Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), and other partners. This initiative is part of SGTraDex’s ship supplies and lighterage optimisation use case.
By 2025, the MPA will establish the Maritime Cyber Assurance and Operations Centre (MCAOC) to provide real-time security monitoring and disseminate information to mitigate cyber threats, advise on system recovery and post-incident measures, and facilitate cyber threat information-sharing among maritime stakeholders with digital systems, such as port and terminal operators, shipping lines, and marine service providers.
Further, in support of Singapore’s 2050 national net-zero aim, MPA will set a target for the harbour craft and pleasure craft sectors to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. To complete this transformation, beginning in 2030, all new harbour ships operating in the port waters will be required to be totally electric, capable of using B100 biofuel, or compatible with net-zero fuels such as hydrogen.
To prepare Singapore for a multi-fuel bunkering future, the MPA produced the world’s first marine biofuel provisional standard in conjunction with industry and researchers for biofuel blends of up to 50%, or B50.
MPA and the Port of Rotterdam agreed to create the world’s longest “Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC)” in August 2022 aims to test digital solutions, encourage investment in green infrastructure, and provide enablers to expedite low and zero-carbon shipping. MPA has also implemented many initiatives to attract and create a constant stream of maritime personnel with the necessary skills and competence as the industry evolves.