Canadian trade delegation to the Singapore Maritime Week 2025

Date: March 24 to March 28, 2025
Venue: Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Target Audience: Canadian Companies offering ocean technology products and services
Sector: Ocean technologies

Event description

The Singapore Maritime Week (SMW), organised by the Maritime Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore, is an annual flagship event that brings together global maritime leaders and industry enthusiasts from around the world to discuss key issues, latest trends and opportunities facing the industry today and tomorrow. This year's theme, 'Actions Meet Ambition', reflects our collective desire for actions to push for higher ambition in decarbonization and digitalization within the maritime sector.

Gain insights and engage in impactful discussions with thought leaders, experts, and businesses at the various dedicated conference tracks covering decarbonization efforts, digital innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), low-carbon fuel options, maritime drones, developments in maritime services, cybersecurity, and talent attraction. Throughout the week, a variety of co-located events, networking receptions, and trade exhibitions will provide ample opportunities for participants to connect and foster new relationships.

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) in Singapore, in collaboration with provincial partners and Canadian ecosystem stakeholders, is facilitating a trade delegation to the Singapore Maritime Week (SMW) 2025 Conference and Exhibition. This SMW 2025 event targets global maritime professionals, offering an engaging platform to learn, innovate, and lead in the protection and sustainable use of our planet's largest natural resource- our oceans.

Canadian companies joining the trade delegation will benefit from:

• Access to a shared meeting space within the Canadian Pavilion
• Tailored business-to-business meetings
• Branding opportunities in a Canadian Company brochure distributed to all Pavilion visitors
• A market briefing on the ocean technologies sector in Singapore
• A networking reception
• A site visit
• Access to the exhibition and conference
  (Note that the TCS does not cover event passes but trade visitors can attend free of charge.)

According to the Singapore's Ministry of Transport, Singapore's strategic position along shipping routes, as well as its diverse ecosystem of maritime services such as ship management, agency, finance, insurance, broking and surveying, and marinetech, Singapore is well placed as a gateway for maritime companies to do business in the Asia-Pacific region. Over 5,000 maritime establishments and businesses, including more than 140 international shipping groups and a varied range of maritime service providers, have their offices in Singapore. These factors make Singapore a Maritime Hub and marine related trade accounts for 7% of the country's GDP.

The Singapore Government actively supports many initiatives in the sector and has set ambitious targets including:

• Opening in September 2022 and with targeted completion in 2024, the Maritime Port Authority is building the world's first fully automated terminal.
• Issuance of Expression of Interest for deign, development, demand aggregation and financing or new electric harbour craft
• New harbour craft to be fully electric, capable of using B100 biofuels, or be compatible with net zero fuels from 2030
• Harbour craft and pleasure craft sectors to achieve zero emissions by 2050

As a result, the CanadianTrade Commissioner Service in Singapore sees ocean technologies opportunities in the following areas:

• Smart port technology including AI based automation and machine learning.
• Simulation systems for training.
• Hybrid electrical power systems for ship propulsion.
• Marine robotics - autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) / autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) / remotely operated vehicle (ROV) / Drones
• Marine technology - acoustics, hydrographic survey, imaging, metocean data collection
• Aquaculture support technology

Register to attend

Contact Mr. Andrew Threlfall (andrew.threlfall@international.gc.ca), Trade Commissioner (ocean technologies), with a cc to Ms. Norliyah Jamal (norliyah.jamal@international.gc.ca) to join the trade delegation.

A pre-mission survey will be sent to you, for completion and return by our recruitment closing date of February 28, 2025, to confirm your registration to the trade delegation.

Why your organization should participate

• Compare your product/service with international competitors
• Gain insights and market intelligence
• Increase visibility of your product or service
• Meet academic or research entities
• Meet key commercial entities, industry players, and potential buyers, investors and/or partners
• Meet key regulatory bodies
• Participate in networking events
• Participate in pre-organized business to business meetings
• Receive mentoring and coaching
• Receive on-the-ground assistance from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service

Trade Commissioner(s) involvement

Activities organized by the Trade Commissioner Service

• Business-to-business meetings
• Networking event
• Pavilion/exhibit
• Seminar
• Site visits

The Trade Commissioner, Andrew Threlfall (andrew.threlfall@international.gc.ca, specializes in the ocean technologies sector for the Singapore market and can provide information on this event and other local events that you are considering, as well as advice on business development in the region. The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service offers services free of charge to Canadian exporters and companies that meet our client criteria.