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1 Jan 1970

Evaluating Maritime Risks: How Marine Insurance Underwriters Protect Corporations

Evaluating Maritime Risks: How Marine Insurance Underwriters Protect Corporations

Back to List Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Despite working for more than 10 years in maritime, to Joana Leong, a Manager at Sompo Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd, there is still so much to explore within the industry. In the second instalment of our Marine Insurance series, the Singapore Maritime Foundation […]

1 Jan 1970

Five Takeaways from Discover+: Maritime Webinar

Five Takeaways from Discover+: Maritime Webinar

Back to List Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin The Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) and Advisory Singapore co-organised the Discover+: Maritime webinar on 18 January 2022. The webinar highlighted sustainability initiatives and opportunities in maritime and featured the following speakers: Mr David Lee, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications & Development and Maritime Singapore […]

1 Jan 1970

Managing Maritime Risks: The Role of a Marine Insurance Broker

Managing Maritime Risks: The Role of a Marine Insurance Broker

Back to List Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Benjamin Fong- Director, Marine at Gallagher (Marine Insurance Broker) Regarded as one of the oldest forms of insurance, marine insurance safeguards shipping companies against damages.An often-overlooked sector, insurers assess the risks that shipping organisations are exposed to. There are generally five types of […]

1 Jan 1970

Maritime Industry Leaders Gather In-person for Singapore Maritime Foundation’s New Year Conversations 2022

Maritime Industry Leaders Gather In-person for Singapore Maritime Foundation’s New Year Conversations 2022

Back to List Singapore ranked Top Leading Maritime City of the World for fifth consecutive time in DNV-Menon Leading Maritime Cities of the World 2022 report launched at the event More than 250 of Singapore’s industry leaders across the maritime ecosystem gathered in-person at the Singapore Maritime Foundation New Year Conversations 2022. Gracing the event […]

1 Jan 1970

Maritime Case Summit 2022 Plugs Tertiary Students into Intersection of Business and Sustainability through Challenge Statements offered by Leading Multinational Companies

Maritime Case Summit 2022 Plugs Tertiary Students into Intersection of Business and Sustainability through Challenge Statements offered by Leading Multinational Companies

Back to List Participating in the 3rd edition are BHP, CMA CGM Group, Standard Chartered and Toll Group The Maritime Singapore Connect (MSC) Maritime Case Summit returns for the 3rd edition with leading multinationals across the spectrum of trade, shipping, finance as well as supply chain and logistics offering challenge statements that plug tertiary students […]
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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.