The French Directorate of Maritime Affairs (DMA) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deepen their maritime relations.
This MOU will gather, on the French side, key stakeholders of the maritime sector such as the French Maritime Cluster (FMC), French Marine Industry Group (GICAN) and the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (FCCS), to strengthen the strong France-Singapore maritime cooperation.
The MOU also aims to develope cooperation in forefront areas in the maritime field such as digital innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, in particular by fostering industrial and institutional partnerships. It will also promote collaboration in training and skills development, and help to develop academic and research cooperation dedicated to the maritime sector.
French Ambassador to Singapore, Marc Abensour, stated:
This MOU is a major step forward for the maritime cooperation between France and Singapore. It will encourage efforts to innovate through concrete projects between our two maritime ecosystems. It will contribute among other things to foster digitalisation and decarbonisation of the maritime sector. I am very pleased to witness the strong support of the French maritime sector and I look forward to closer and deeper collaboration between both sides
As for tye President of the French Maritime Cluster (FMC), Frederic Moncany de Saint-Aignan, he said that with this MOU, the entire French Maritime task force is committed to promoting and developing synergies and concrete projects with Singapore.
He added that in the particular field of the environmental transition, FMC is acting at the forefront with digital tools and AI in addition to unifying initiatives such as the launch of the “Eco-Energy Transition Coalition” in 2019.
This agreement demonstrates the deep ties which continue to be developed between the French ecosystem and the Singapore economy. With its more than 700 members, the FCCS is a demonstration of the dynamism of this business community. We are proud to witness the continuous successes of some of our most dynamic economic sectors, and the maritime industry is clearly one of them. The clear focus given by Singapore in digital innovation as well as sustainable development fit very well with the expertise of the French maritime industry, and we are very confident that this agreement will be of mutual benefit to both sides
President of the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (FCCS), Pascal Lambert, concluded.
