As a part of the ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM), MTWG aims at boosting regional cooperation and technological exchange. Hosted by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the meeting was attended by delegations from 10 ASEAN Member States, particularly, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam as well as representatives from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and other strategic partners.
IMO requested for continued cooperation with respect to MEPSEAS’s National Train-Implement Courses and implementation of the high priority environmental conventions. The meeting restated their commitment to enhance strategic partnership through effective implementation of global marine treaties and agreed to continue to act as Project Steering Committee (PSCOM) and to keep the MEPSEAS on the MTWG agenda until its completion as well as provide support as required.