Singapore Centre for Maritime Studies

Extract from original article in NORDEN News Magazine.

NORDEN sponsors research in Singapore

NORDEN has sponsored SGD 50,000, corresponding to approximately DKK 175,000 (2005 exchange rate), for a new centre, researching and analysing shipping. The Centre – Singapore Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS) – was opened on 1 July 2005 and its premises are at the National University of Singapore. 

CMS has been financed through a co-operation between a number of companies and the state, who wish to strengthen Singapore’s role as a regional power centre for the shipping industry. NORDEN’s local company, Nordhval Pte. Ltd., was one of the first contributors.

Local Commitment

“The sponsorship is completely in line with NORDEN’s policy to commit ourselves at all levels in the countries, where we have offices, and show commitment and empathy. As one of the first contributors, we have had the opportunity to target our sponsorship towards a research project within the field of dry cargo. Besides supporting our commitment in the local community, the sponsorship also provides NORDEN with direct contact to a number of academics, whose subject is shipping, and as a result, we might even learn something new”, says Managing Director Peter Borup, Singapore.

The Shipping Centre of Asia

In many areas, Singapore is the leading shipping centre in Asia. All the major oil companies and raw material suppliers have their Asian headquarters here, and the city state is also a centre for a number of major commercial and transport firms.

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