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    Who We Are

    Established in 2004, the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) fosters public-and-private sector collaboration, promotes Singapore as an International Maritime Centre (IMC), and nurtures a talent pipeline to position Maritime Singapore for continued growth.

    ABOUT SMF

    • Our Mission
    • Milestones

    ABOUT MARITIME SINGAPORE

    SMF LEADERSHIP

    • Board
    • Secretariat
    • Past Board Members
  • Connecting Businesses

    Connect Business

    SMF connects Maritime Singapore to the world and fosters the cohesiveness of the industry

    TRADESHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

    • Sea Asia
    • Posidonia
    • Nor-Shipping

    MARITIME SERVICES

    • Maritime Knowledge Shipping Sessions (MKSS)
    • Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration
    • The Singapore Ship Sale Form 2011

    TRANSFORMATION OF MARITIME SINGAPORE

    • International Maritime Centre 2030
    • Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map
    • Tuas Port
    • Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
  • Spur Innovation

    Spur Innovation

    SMF partners the industry to showcase maritime innovations and to advance thought leadership

    Spur Innovation

    • Partner SMF to Showcase Maritime Innovations
  • Develop Talent

    Develop Talent

    SMF develops a maritime-ready workforce to support the growth of the industry through the three pillars of Attract, Engage and Grow

    ATTRACT

    • Maritime Outreach Network
    • MaritimeONE Scholarship
    • MaritimeONE Bursary
    • MaritimeONE Connect Office
    • MCO Career Portal
    • Career Fairs
    • Own Your Future

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    • MaritimeONE Case Summit
    • MaritimeONE Digital Challenge
    • MaritimeONE Internship
    • MPA Global Internship Award (GIA)

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Ocean Network Express and Singapore Maritime Foundation Sign MOU to Nurture Maritime Talent
Ocean Network Express (ONE) to sponsor scholarships and internships annually from 2025 to 2027 as part of the ongoing ONE-MaritimeONE partnership
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Maritime Youth Forum 2025
Spearheaded by the Singapore Maritime Foundation, the Maritime Youth Forum is an initiative organised by students for students
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SMF Launches Pilot Episode of Boaty's Adventures in Maritime City
Join Boaty on a four-part animated video series to explore the exciting world of Maritime City!
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SMF New Year Conversations 2025
300 industry leaders gathered to discuss strategic challenges facing maritime businesses and the outlook ahead
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Who We Are

Established in 2004, the Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) fosters public-and-private sector collaboration, promotes Singapore as an International Maritime Centre (IMC), and nurtures a talent pipeline to position Maritime Singapore for continued growth.

Ocean Network Express and Singapore Maritime Foundation Sign MOU to Nurture Maritime Talent
Ocean Network Express (ONE) to sponsor scholarships and internships annually from 2025 to 2027 as part of the ongoing ONE-MaritimeONE partnership
Click Here
Maritime Youth Forum 2025
Spearheaded by the Singapore Maritime Foundation, the Maritime Youth Forum is an initiative organised by students for students
Click Here
SMF Launches Pilot Episode of Boaty's Adventures in Maritime City
Join Boaty on a four-part animated video series to explore the exciting world of Maritime City!
Watch Now
SMF New Year Conversations 2025
300 industry leaders gathered to discuss strategic challenges facing maritime businesses and the outlook ahead
Read more
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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.