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1 Jan 1970

Over 250 Maritime Leaders Joined Guest-of-Honour, Mrs. Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Transport, at the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) New Year Cocktail Reception 2017 at Regent Singapore to Usher in the New Year

Over 250 Maritime Leaders Joined Guest-of-Honour, Mrs. Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Transport, at the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) New Year Cocktail Reception 2017 at Regent Singapore to Usher in the New Year

Back to List Key figures of Singapore’s 2016 Maritime Performance also announced at the SMF New Year Cocktail Reception on 11 January 2017. Over 250 top maritime leaders from the private and the public sectors attended the annual New Year Cocktail Reception hosted by the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) at Regent Singapore this evening. The […]

1 Jan 1970

Inaugural Maritime Singapore Connect (MSC) Connexions Forum to Offer Education and Career Guidance Coaches and Maritime Employers Industry Insights While Addressing Maritime Manpower Development Issues and Employment Trends

Inaugural Maritime Singapore Connect (MSC) Connexions Forum to Offer Education and Career Guidance Coaches and Maritime Employers Industry Insights While Addressing Maritime Manpower Development Issues and Employment Trends

Back to List The event is a first of its kind to plug information gaps on manpower issues facing employers and career coaches managing jobseekers. The MSC Connexions Forum led active dialogue between the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, SkillsFuture Singapore, LinkedIn, two local tertiary institutions and maritime employers. Maritime employers and those working […]

1 Jan 1970

Over S$2 Million in Scholarships Awarded by the Singapore Maritime Industry for Local & Overseas Studies

Over S$2 Million in Scholarships Awarded by the Singapore Maritime Industry for Local & Overseas Studies

Back to List As part of the maritime industry’s efforts to groom the next generation of maritime manpower, the Government, maritime businesses and local seafarer unions presented more than S$2 million in maritime scholarships to 53 students at the MaritimeONE Scholarship Awards Ceremony this year. The MaritimeONE (Maritime Outreach NEtwork) Scholarships and Tripartite Maritime Scholarship […]

1 Jan 1970

Youths Inspired by the Stories of Young Singaporeans from the Maritime Industry, at the Annual Singapore Maritime Dialogue Held at the PSA Pasir Panjang Terminal

Youths Inspired by the Stories of Young Singaporeans from the Maritime Industry, at the Annual Singapore Maritime Dialogue Held at the PSA Pasir Panjang Terminal

Back to List Mrs Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Transport, engaged about 150 tertiary students in a one hour dialogue session on Friday, 12 August, at the annual Singapore Maritime Dialogue which took place at PSA’s Pasir Panjang Terminal. It was the first time ever that the […]

1 Jan 1970

Engineering and Maritime Studies Undergraduates Get Exclusive Insights on SkillsFuture-aligned Jobs at Roundtable Discussions with Industry Experts

Engineering and Maritime Studies Undergraduates Get Exclusive Insights on SkillsFuture-aligned Jobs at Roundtable Discussions with Industry Experts

Back to List Inaugural MSC Career Workshop supported by leading Maritime Companies is the largest scale event of its kind. Tertiary students from the maritime and engineering disciplines had the chance to hear exclusive insights from industry experts, on the career prospects of six vocations from the port and shipping sectors, at the inaugural MSC Career Workshop […]

1 Jan 1970

Companies Must Seize Opportunities in Oil Price Downturn: Offshore Marine Forum 2016

Companies Must Seize Opportunities in Oil Price Downturn: Offshore Marine Forum 2016

Back to List Industry leaders at the Offshore Marine Forum (OMF) in Singapore said companies should be prepared to take advantage of the upside in oil prices, with an expert forecasting prices to start recovering from October. The forum’s keynote speaker, Mr Jarand Rystad, a global expert on oil macro analysis and Managing Partner of Rystad Energy, said […]

1 Jan 1970

Offshore Leaders to Discuss the Future of Oil Prices and the Impact on Offshore at the Offshore Marine Forum 2016

Offshore Leaders to Discuss the Future of Oil Prices and the Impact on Offshore at the Offshore Marine Forum 2016

Back to List Offshore industry experts are gearing-up to debate and analyse the future of oil prices and how the local offshore industry should prepare for the next price boom at the Offshore Marine Forum 2016, held in Singapore on 19 April 2016. The forum’s keynote speaker Jarand Rystad, a global expert on oil macro analysis and […]

1 Jan 1970

Mr. Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Chairman of BW Group, Appointed as New SMF Chairman Along with Four New Board Members

Mr. Andreas Sohmen-Pao, Chairman of BW Group, Appointed as New SMF Chairman Along with Four New Board Members

Back to List Key figures on Singapore maritime industry’s Y2015 performance also announced at the SMF New Year Cocktail Reception on 13 Jan 2016 About 300 top maritime leaders from the private and the public sectors attended the annual New Year Cocktail Reception hosted by the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) this evening, where the new […]

1 Jan 1970

David Chin Wins Lloyd’s List Asia Pioneer Generation Award

David Chin Wins Lloyd’s List Asia Pioneer Generation Award

Back to List David Chin, Executive Director of the Singapore Maritime Foundation won the Pioneer Generation Award at the Lloyd’s List Asia awards presented last night at the Fullerton Hotel Singapore. This award recognises the shipping pioneer that has built the best in the maritime industry today. It celebrates the individual that over the course […]
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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.