Past Events & Gallery

This year, the Singapore Maritime Dialogue 2019 was graced by Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Health. Themed “Maritime Singapore in the Age of Digitalisation”, the sharing sessions and panel discussion allowed participants to understand the importance of digitalisation in the maritime industry and beyond. The first speaker, Mr John Hahn, CEO and Co-Founder of Ocean Freight Exchange, shared about digitalisation trends in the maritime industry, and the role of technology as an enabler of growth. While the second speaker, Mr Richard Koh, Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Singapore, spoke of digitalisation...

The MaritimeONE Scholarship Awards Ceremony is an annual event where new MaritimeONE scholars and TMSS scholars for the year are awarded in the presence of their family, friends and sponsors.

The Maritime Experiential Programme (MEP) is a programme organized for secondary school students where they learn about interesting maritime locations in Singapore to broaden their perspectives on maritime industry.

The Maritime Experiential Programme (MEP) is a programme organized specially for secondary school students. During the MEP, students will be brought on learning journeys to interesting maritime locations in Singapore to broaden their perspectives on maritime operations and learn more about the industry. Organized twice a year, the event aims to generate interest by creating a unique and personalised experience for the students.

As part of the maritime industry’s efforts to develop the pipeline of talent into the industry, the Government, maritime businesses and local seafarer unions presented close to S$1.9 million in maritime scholarships to 49 students at the MaritimeONE Scholarship Award Ceremony 2018. This year, a total of 26 companies pledged their commitment to MaritimeONE scholarships valued at over S$770,000. A total of 34 MaritimeONE scholarships were awarded at the MaritimeONE Scholarship Awards Ceremony 2018.

This year, MPA worked with NUS National Economics Society to hold the National Economics and Financial Management Challenge (NEFMC) as a lead up to The 5th Singapore Maritime Dialogue 2018. Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Health will grace the event as the Guest-of-Honour.

The MaritimeONE Scholarship Awards Ceremony marked the officiating of the newly awarded MaritimeONE scholars and TMSS & SAIL scholars.

The 4th Singapore Maritime Dialogue was held on 5th July at the PSA Auditorium with over 190 tertiary level students and teachers from ITEs, Polytechnics, JCs and Universities in attendance. Dr Lam Pin Min, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport & Ministry of Health graced the event as the Guest-of-Honour. This year, an Economics Essay Competition was held in collaboration with the Economics Society of Singapore (ESS), and was a lead-up event to increase students’ exposure to maritime-related topics.

The Maritime Experiential Programme, organised exclusively for secondary school students, aims to raise awareness and instil interest in students to consider a maritime education or career by immersing them through learning journeys to maritime related places in Singapore. Three sessions were held during the May installation with over 150 Secondary School students and teachers from 4 institutions. They were brought on educational tours to various shipyards and port terminals and through these tours, students were given the rare opportunity to witness the maritime operations up close and personal.