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NEWS

Celebrating

industry excellence

C
lose to 30,000 industry leaders At the opening event, Mr Khaw the general public close to its thoughts. A

and participants descendedtogether with industry and union ground-breaking initiative by the Singapore
on Singapore in mid-April torepresentatives, also unveiled the new Shipping Association to bring two Ofshore

attend the over 30 events held as part of Maritime Singapore logo as part of an Support Vessels to the waterfront of Vivo

Singapore Maritime Week 2016 (SMW).initiative to raise greater awareness about city proved a major success with just under

The SMW 2016 theme, Positioning for the industry and to promote and proile 3,000 visitors. (You can read more about
10 |Future Growth, follows the SMW focus maritime careers.OSV@Vivo in this issue of WAVES)

areas of “People, Ideas and Opportunities”. And this year’s event certainly hadMembers of the public were also

Hailed as a major success yet again,
SMW 2016 continues to operate as a key

platform to promote thought leadership At the opening event, Mr Khaw together with industry and union
representatives, also unveiled the new Maritime Singapore logo as
and business opportunities across the
maritime sector, as well as ofer fruitful part of an initiative to raise greater awareness about the industry and

networking opportunities. The annual to promote and proile maritime careers.

event also showcases Singapore’s vibrant

maritime cluster via a series of business
events and public outreach activities.

Opening SMW 2016, Mr Khaw

Boon Wan, Coordinating Minister for
Infrastructure and Minister for Transport,

outlined the importance that the event

holds internationally.
“Amidst the global downturn in the

shipping industry, SMW 2016 ofers a

platform for the industry to jointly address

the challenges. If we work together, we
can better overcome the problems. This

year’s SMW has also targeted the public,

with various outreach events. They will get
to know more about Singapore’s maritime

sector and the many career opportunities

it ofers,” said Mr Khaw.

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