In International Shipping News 01/07/2017
The 21st Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) Annual General Meeting held yesterday (29th June) announced that the seven Ordinary Members nominated for the 2017/2019 Council were returned.
The seven Members are: Rene Piil Pedersen, Managing Director, A.P. Moller Singapore; Esben Poulsson, Chairman, Enesel; Caroline Yang, Executive Director, Legal, Finance & Safety, Hong Lam Marine; Lim Sim Keat, Managing Director, Transport Logistics, IMC Shipping; Katie Men, Managing Director, Iseaco Investment; Shunichiro Mizukami, Chairman & Managing Director, NYK Group South Asia; Lisa Teo, Executive Director, Corporate Development, Pacific International Lines.
A further five Councillors were subsequently co-opted into the SSA Council (2017/2019):Gina Lee-Wan, Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP; Lee Keng Mun, Head of Shipping (Asia), HSH Nordbank AG, Singapore Branch; Steen Brodsgaard Lund, Vice President, Regional Manager, South East Asia and Pacific Maritime, DNV GL Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Capt Mike Meade, Chief Executive Officer, M3 Marine Group Pte Ltd; Ng Ee Ping, General Manager, Kontiki Shipping Pte Ltd.
SSA President Esben Poulsson said: “We have aimed to co-opt Councillors with specific expertise across a range of disciplines, and my new team brings on board over two centuries’ worth of accumulated maritime expertise in their specialised fields. I have the utmost confidence that they are fully committed and charged up to take the SSA in the run-up to the next decade.
“Drawing inspiration from our new motto ‘Navigating the Future’, we will actively engage our 460 strong membership to identify and promote our industry’s views on issues of importance to maritime stakeholders at home and abroad. We will endeavour to further strengthen the SSA as a positive force in the maritime community and continue to stand by its long-term interest in enhancing Singapore’s status as an International Maritime Centre,” he said.
“For the next two years, the SSA Council believes SSA must continue its ongoing efforts to grow the Singapore War Risks Mutual (SWRM) – this will further develop the role of marine insurance in Singapore, and to further entrench Singapore as an important maritime insurance hub. Likewise, the development of future leaders and the creation of a Singapore Clause is a key element of the SWRM initiative.
“The Council believes that the impact of digitalisation and other potentially disruptive technologies within the shipping industry will be central to the work of the SSA in the coming years. Through our continuous dialogue with the MPA, we will seek to cooperate with relevant stakeholders, to reap the opportunities from Big Data and digital innovation, in order that our industry can stay agile and gain improved productivity, in the next wave of digitalisation and other technologies.
“Furthermore, through our expanded international outreach, we aim to enhance our relationships with the ASA, FASA, and the ICS to ensure that SSA will be able to speak with authority on the many challenging regulatory issues confronting our industry as the respected voice of our membership in the international arena.
“In all these endeavours, we will continue to work closely and collaboratively with other maritime Singapore stakeholders, especially the MPA, the SMF, the SMEF and SMOU & SOS, to coordinate many worthwhile initiatives – always with the overriding aim of benefitting our members as we navigate the future together.”
Source: Singapore Shipping Association
