Arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles. Foundation of Temasek and birth of the Singapore port.
1964
Port of Singapore Authority formed as a statutory board.
1967
Port Officers’ Union is formed.
1971
Takes over British Naval Base at Sembawang and establishes Sembawang Wharves.
1972
Arrival of M.V. Nihon, 23 June. Commences operations at first container berth at Tanjong Pagar Terminal.
1974
Pasir Panjang Wharves is developed on reclaimed land.
1981
Achieves one million TEUs in single year for first time.
1982
Becomes world’s busiest port by tonnage.
1984
Introduces the first version of PORTNET, a one-stop 24-hour paperless electronic link with local port and shipping community.
1988
Implements CITOS®, a proprietary Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that co-ordinates and integrates PSA’s entire port operations.
1990
Passes 5 million TEUs a year mark and becomes world’s largest container port.
Commissions first berth at Brani Terminal.
1991
Keppel Terminal starts operation.
Establishes Singapore Port Institute.
1994
Achieves 10 million TEUs in single year.
Keppel Distripark starts operations.
1996
Establishes first overseas project, Dalian Container Terminal, in China.
Singapore Port Workers’ Union celebrates its 50th anniversary.
1997
PSA corporatises and is named PSA Corporation Limited.
Pasir Panjang Terminal starts operations.
1998
Becomes first terminal operator to handle 100 million containers since the start of container operations.
Invests in container terminals in Italy, India and Fuzhou, China.
1999
Invests in a container terminal at Sines, Portugal.
2000
Officially
opens Pasir Panjang Terminal.
Invests in container
terminals in Brunei and South Korea.
2001
Invests in container
terminals in Guangzhou, China and Belgium.
Signs long-term
Virtual Terminal Agreement with COSCO Container
Lines.
2002
Celebrates 30 years
of containerisation.
Acquires majority
stakes in Hesse-Noord Natie, a Belgian port management
and operations company.
2003
Officially launches
COSCO-PSA Terminal at Pasir Panjang Terminal.
Signs first Appropriated
Berth Agreement with Wallenius Wilhelmsen at Pasir
Panjang Wharves.
2005
Achieves 20 million
TEUs in a single year.
Enters into a Joint
Venture with Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)
to jointly manage and operate a container terminal
for MSC at Pasir Panjang Terminal.
2006
MSC-PSA Asia
Terminal Pte Ltd (MPAT) officially opens.
EMMA MÆRSK,
the world's largest containership with a declared
capacity of 11,000 TEUs, calls at Pasir Panjang
Terminal.
2007
Enters into a joint
venture with NYK and K Line to operate Singapore's
first dedicated car terminal called Asia Automobile
Terminal (Singapore) at Pasir Panjang Terminal.
2008
Enters into a joint
venture with PIL to operate a dedicated container
terminal called PIL-PSA Singapore Terminal at Keppel
Terminal.
