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Choppy seas
Why Singapore’s hi-tech maritime dream still isn’t shipshape
Singapore wants its shipping industry to be a highly-digitised, global maritime technology startup hub. But between startups looking for support, large corporations reluctant to change, and an ambitious government, the directions are still a bit unclear on the roadmap
Singapore’s shipping industry is a core sector for its economy—its port is world’s business transshipment port, handling 37.5 million TEU in 2021
But, the maritime industry is also old-school, relying on manual, legacy solutions to manage critical marine services
Things are evolving, but not fast enough. The government has given out a few millions in grants and set up accelerator programmes to incubate startups in the sector
But without outside support and a cross-functional partnership between the startups, corporations, and the government, it’ll be difficult to buck tradition
