Other Piers and Places

Other Piers and Places

In addition, certain cargo may be allowed to be imported/exported via private waterfront locations on a one-time basis, subject to Customs’ approval, provided that the following criteria are met:

• The shipment involves cargo that cannot be handled by the port terminals’ infrastructure and/or cannot be transported from the public port terminals to companies’ private piers and places due to the road regulations imposed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). These include bulky, oversized, odd-sized, heavy cargo, or any other special cargo that require unconventional loading methods that cannot be performed by the port operator.
• The goods to be imported are for the importer’s personal use or for use in his own business carried out at such places; and
• The importer or exporter has obtained the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore’s (MPA) one-time or term approval to load or discharge the cargo at the waterfront location concerned.

To import or export goods that meet the above criteria on a one-time basis, the importer or exporter is required to use the following Place of Release Codes and Place of Receipt Codes and declare the following information in the import and export permit applications respectively.