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1 Jan 1970

More Partners Supporting Maritime Scholarships to Groom Professionals

More Partners Supporting Maritime Scholarships to Groom Professionals

Back to List Singapore, 13 September 2023— A total of 60 MaritimeONE Scholarships[1] and seven Tripartite Maritime Scholarships (TMSS)[2], sponsored by 34 partners from industry, foundations, and unions, were presented at the MaritimeONE and TMSS Awards Ceremony 2023 today. Acting Minister for Transport, Mr. Chee Hong Tat, was the Guest-of-Honour. MaritimeONE Scholarship 2.      […]

1 Jan 1970

Singapore Maritime Foundation Partners Eastern Pacific Shipping, IMC Shipping and Pacific International Lines for 3rd Edition of MaritimeONE Digital Challenge

Singapore Maritime Foundation Partners Eastern Pacific Shipping, IMC Shipping and Pacific International Lines for 3rd Edition of MaritimeONE Digital Challenge

Back to List Focusing on technology, the case competition provides tertiary students with the opportunity to respond to industry challenges, create networks, and strengthen credentials Singapore, 28 June 2023— The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) has launched the MaritimeONE Digital Challenge (MDC) 2023, an annual case competition that invites tertiary students to form teams and respond […]

1 Jan 1970

Singapore Maritime Foundation Establishes MaritimeONE Bursary Fund With Gift of S$1 Million By Pacific Carriers Limited

Singapore Maritime Foundation Establishes MaritimeONE Bursary Fund With Gift of S$1 Million By Pacific Carriers Limited

Back to List The MaritimeONE Bursary Fund provides support to students coming from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, ensuring that the doors to a quality education remain open to all Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents, while expanding the talent pool for the maritime sector. Singapore, 28 June 2023—The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) announced the launch of […]

1 Jan 1970

DNV and SMF study highlights upskilling needs of seafarers in the areas of decarbonization and digitalization

DNV and SMF study highlights upskilling needs of seafarers in the areas of decarbonization and digitalization

Back to List Oslo/Singapore, 7 June 2023 – DNV has published a study co-sponsored by the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF), examining the key drivers transforming the maritime industry and their impact on ship management and seafarers. The study was handed over to SMF Chairman Mr. Hor Weng Yew during the Nor-Shipping trade fair in Oslo. […]

1 Jan 1970

DNV and Singapore Maritime Foundation Co-Sponsor a Study to Examine the Impact of Decarbonisation and Digitalisation on Seafarers Through the Prism of Training and Development as well as Attraction and Retention

DNV and Singapore Maritime Foundation Co-Sponsor a Study to Examine the Impact of Decarbonisation and Digitalisation on Seafarers Through the Prism of Training and Development as well as Attraction and Retention

Back to List Informed by literature review, expert consultations, and a survey of over 500 sea-going professionals, the study titled “The Future of Seafarers 2030: A Decade of Transformation” examines the key drivers transforming the maritime industry—particularly decarbonisation and digitalisation—and their impact on seafarers in the lead-up to 2030  Singapore, 28 April 2023— DNV today […]

1 Jan 1970

Singapore Maritime Foundation Launches Maritime Workforce Transformation Guidebook in Partnership with Pacific Carriers Limited and Pacific International Lines

Singapore Maritime Foundation Launches Maritime Workforce Transformation Guidebook in Partnership with Pacific Carriers Limited and Pacific International Lines

Back to List A practical resource for companies to embark on job redesign, the Maritime Workforce Transformation Guidebook aims to enhance the attractiveness of maritime jobs to the talent pool Singapore, 28 April 2023— The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) has launched a Maritime Workforce Transformation Guidebook which offers a practical approach for companies in the […]

1 Jan 1970

MaritimeONE Case Competition Winners from Singapore Respond to Industry Challenges posed by Leading Multinationals

MaritimeONE Case Competition Winners from Singapore Respond to Industry Challenges posed by Leading Multinationals

Back to List Champion teams of the MaritimeONE Case Summit 2023 come from Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore and Singapore Institute of Management. Singapore, 6 April 2023—  The Singapore Maritime Foundation announced the champion teams of the MaritimeONE Case Summit (MCS) 2023 during the Grand Finals and Awards Ceremony on 5 April 2023, […]

1 Jan 1970

Sea Asia 2023: Charting the Future of Maritime through Creating Communities and Driving Connections

Sea Asia 2023: Charting the Future of Maritime through Creating Communities and Driving Connections

Back to List Singapore, 15 March 2023— Sea Asia 2023, Asia’s Anchor Maritime and Offshore Event returns in-person from 25 to 27 April 2023 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The event organised by Informa Markets and Singapore Maritime Foundation is themed “Ambition Meets Action: Marketplace – Innovation – Leadership” offering the maritime industry a valuable […]
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Inaugural MSC Maritime Digital Challenge Grand Finals Prize Presentation

Over 129 tertiary students across 35 teams took part in the inaugural MSC Maritime Digital Challenge that seeks to plug Singapore students with a passion for technology into the maritime industry.
Students from the Singapore Management University and Nanyang Polytechnic were announced as winners of the challenges posed by Eastport Maritime, Kanda and Torvald Klaveness at the Prize Presentation held on 13 November 2021.

MSC Maritime Digital Challenge 2021

Three challenge statements, 35 teams, 129 students and 12 finalist teams from 4 universities & 3 polytechnics. Catch behind-the-scene highlights of the MSC Maritime Digital Challenge 2021.

Singapore Maritime Foundation | MSC Maritime Digital Challenge 2021

Catch highlights of the MSC Maritime Digital Challenge 2021. We thank Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Transport Mr. Chee Hong Tat for being our Guest-of-Honour at the event.

SMF New Year Conversations 2022: Year-in-Perspective Video

The past two years of learning to live with Covid-19 has been challenging, but Maritime Singapore has remained resilient. What are the fundamental tenets that attract companies to anchor their business in Singapore and grow their operations here? And what more can be done to leverage on Singapore’s strengths to enhance its attractiveness as a global business hub for maritime companies? How will the Singapore Maritime Foundation organize its work around Connectivity, Innovation and Talent to strengthen the maritime ecosystem? Find out in this Year-in-Perspective video.

SMF New Year Conversations 2022: Opportunities Amid Disruptions

The 2022 SMF New Year Conversations that took place on 13 January 2022 was graced by Guest-of-Honour Mr S Iswaran, Minister for Transport & Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations. Over 250 industry leaders across the breadth of maritime attended physically and virtually.
Singapore was announced to have secured the overall top spot as an international maritime centre for the fifth consecutive time in the DNV-Menon Leading Maritime Cities 2022 report.
Thank you to our industry partners for your strong support.

Mr. Lars Kastrup

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES

Mr. Lars Kastrup is the Chief Executive Officer of Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd (PIL).

Prior to joining PIL, Mr. Kastrup was CEO of NOL/APL, and subsequently assumed the role of Executive Vice President, Strategy and M&A at CMA CGM Group. A veteran in the global shipping industry with over 30 years of experience, Mr Kastrup’s other roles include Executive Vice President of Assets at CMA CGM Group heading up CMA Terminals, CMA Ships, Container Logistics as well as regional carriers such as MacAndrews, OPDR and Mercosul; as well as Vice President at AP Moller-Maersk.
Mr. Kastrup complemented his tertiary education with leadership and management training at Penn State University and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Angeline Teo

MANAGING DIRECTOR & HEAD, GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION & OFFSHORE, OCBC BANK

Ms. Angeline Teo is the Managing Director and Head of Global Transportation and Offshore, Global Corporate Banking at OCBC Bank which focuses on the maritime, aviation, land & port ecosystems.
Ms. Teo has spent over three decades in maritime finance. Prior to OCBC, Ms. Teo was working at ING Bank, ABN Amro and DnB in Singapore focusing on maritime and offshore.
Ms. Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Business Administration.

Mr. John Martin

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, GARD SINGAPORE

Mr. John Martin began his career in London in 1989 with Richards Hogg Lindley Average Adjusters, and qualified as a Fellow of the UK Association of Average Adjusters in 2000.
At RHL he worked in their offices in Australia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2003 he joined Gard Hong Kong, as a claims handler. Mr. Martin also worked in Gard Japan, and in 2014 he moved to Singapore to set up the Gard Singapore office.
Besides running Gard Singapore, Mr. Martin also heads the P&I and H&M claims units and is the Senior Claims Representative for Gard in Asia.

Mr. Cyril Ducau

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, EASTERN PACIFIC SHIPPING

Mr. Cyril Ducau is the Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte Ltd, a leading shipping company headquartered in Singapore for the past 30 years.

He is also currently the Chairman of Kenon Holdings Ltd and a member of the board of directors of Gard P&I (Bermuda) Ltd. and of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation Limited, which was established by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. He was previously Head of Business Development of Quantum Pacific Advisory Limited in London from 2008 to 2012 and acted as Director and Chairman of Pacific Drilling SA between 2011 and 2018.
Prior to joining Quantum Pacific Advisory Limited, Mr. Ducau was Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. International Ltd. in London between 2000 and 2008.
Mr. Ducau graduated from ESCP Europe Business School (Paris, Oxford, Berlin) and holds a Master of Science in business administration and a Diplom Kaufmann.