{"id":46215,"date":"2026-04-21T14:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46215"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:08:35","slug":"singapore-to-invest-over-s100-million-in-maritime-research-and-development-over-next-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46215","title":{"rendered":"Singapore to invest over S$100 million in maritime research and development over next five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: More than S$100 million (US$78,670) will be invested over the next five years to fund research and development in Singapore&#8217;s maritime sector.<\/p>\n<p>The plan was announced on Tuesday (Apr 21) by Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow at the opening of the Singapore Maritime Week 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of a new roadmap for maritime technology and research, which will guide future research and development in areas such as autonomous port operations, alternative fuels, smart ships<strong> <\/strong>and intelligent and integrated port services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The roadmap, launched by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Singapore Maritime Institute, builds on the foundation of a 2019 roadmap for the sector.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as MPA and the Singapore Shipping Association signed a memorandum of understanding to speed up the adoption of artificial intelligence among maritime companies to boost productivity and competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Siow said that the maritime industry continues to face a range of challenges, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyber threats evolving faster than existing defences<\/li>\n<li>AI advancing faster than industry adoption\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A fragmented transition to alternative fuels, with gaps in technology, bunkering infrastructure and regulatory frameworks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Addressing these long-term challenges will require a global commitment,&#8221; said Mr Siow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/jeffrey-siow-maritime-100-million-research-development-6069946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: More than S$100 million (US$78,670) will be invested over the next five years to fund research and development in Singapore&#8217;s maritime sector. The plan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--rj8yHDOn--\/c_crop,h_899,w_1599,x_1,y_53\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/01\/26\/55061560213_a0de9097ed_o.jpg?itok=x4gLjiH8","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5496,41,6576,787,6857,21029,22,59],"class_list":["post-46215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-development","tag-invest","tag-maritime","tag-million","tag-research","tag-s100","tag-singapore","tag-years","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}