Singapore-led resolution on protecting vital shipping lanes adopted by International Maritime Organization

It highlights the IMO’s role in promoting a stable, predictable and rules-based maritime order, MPA said.

“It underscores the importance of international cooperation, dialogue and collective responsibility in keeping vital sea lanes open, secure and accessible,” said the authority.

The resolution also emphasises the need to protect the health, safety and well-being of seafarers, who play an indispensable role in global supply chains, the authority added.

MPA said the resolution reflects Singapore’s longstanding commitment to upholding international law and maintaining an open, stable and predictable maritime environment.

“As an open and trade-dependent economy, Singapore supports a stable, rules-based international order to ensure uninterrupted global trade, resilient supply chains and food and energy security,” it added.

Overall daily traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in the Middle East has slowed following Iranian attacks this week on commercial vessels and US retaliatory strikes on Iran. 

Iran has been exercising control over the strait, despite an interim truce with the US signed on Jun 17 that included the reopening of the crucial waterway.

The strait handled about a fifth of global oil supplies before US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the war in February.