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Singapore’s plans accelerate the move towards zero carbon shipping are moving into action with the establishing of the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) from 1 August.
The SGD120m ($90m) centre was announced it April with funding from the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and initial industry partners BHP, BW Group, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Foundation Det Norske Veritas, Ocean Network Express.
Since the centre was announced the MPA said that 1 organisations ranging from shipping companies, classification societies, research centres, traders, energy players, terminal and tank operators, engineering companies, financial institutions to industry associations have expressed interest to collaborate with GCMD.
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Singapore is working on protocol to vaccinate international seafarers against Covid-19 in a similar fashion to the crew change protocol developed last year.
The city state has already vaccinated front line workers in the maritime and port industries, including foreign national seafarers who serve on vessels that operate in Singapore’s port waters such as tugboats and bunker tankers.
“Our next move is to support international efforts to vaccinate oceangoing seafarers around the world,” Chee Hong Tat, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Transport, told International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Global Trade webinar on Wednesday.
Published: 07 June 2021
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Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat speaking to the media on Jul 14, 2020. (Photo: Zhaki Abdullah)
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SINGAPORE: Senior Minister of State for Transport and for Foreign Affairs Chee Hong Tat will join the labour movement as the deputy secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) from May 15, NTUC said on Friday (May 7).
He will replace Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon, who is to return to the Government full-time. In the last Cabinet reshuffle on Apr 23, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that Dr Koh will be appointed Senior Minister of State for Manpower on top of his health portfolio.
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Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat set to join NTUC following Cabinet reshuffle
Senior Minister of State for Transport and Foreign Affairs Chee Hong Tat will be joining NTUC from May 15, 2021.PHOTO: ST FILE
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