In February 2022, Australia’s multinational mining, metals and petroleum public company, BHP, welcomed the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier, arrived in Singapore for its first bunkering operation. Singapore is the largest bunkering hub on the...
Singapore plans to produce 30% of its local production by 2030. In this context, shrimp aquaculture technology specialist, Blue Aqua, recently announced that it will be investing USD 34 million in its high-tech farm to operate the cultivation of rainbow trouts. From...
The Covid-19 pandemic has provided the digitization catalyst for many businesses. Covid-19 precautions have led to fewer wine tasting opportunities, which has led wine giant Penfolds to employ high-tech “phygital” interactive sensory tools to engage...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have launched a new digital aviation corporate laboratory, which will co-create innovative technologies and solutions that would accelerate the digital transformation of Singapore’s aviation...
In January 2022, the Singapore Police Force revealed two new drones that would join its current fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The first drone was reported to weigh in at around 7 kg and about 1 square meter in size, and is specialized for use in crowd...
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has reported sales of 50,000 metric tons (mt) for ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations in 2021. Combined with sales of conventional bunker sales, which reached 49,988,800 mt in 2021, the Port of Singapore surpassed...
Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) announced that it had pulled in SGD 11.8 billion (USD 8.8 billion) worth of fixed-asset investments in 2021, in line with its medium-to-long-term annual target of SGD 8 to 10 billion. Additionally, EDB recorded SGD 5.2...
Last month, Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) and Schneider Electric launched the Sustainability Experience Centre, a one-stop platform aimed at helping Singapore’s SMEs implement green technologies at the workplace. The center is focused on sustainable facilities...
During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022, Hyundai Motor announced its partnership with San Francisco’s Unity Technologies, where both companies agreed to develop a metaverse platform for Hyundai Motors’ factories. The first meta-factory to be created will...
In December 2021, Foodpanda, the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia outside of China, announced the commencement of operations for a new pandamart store in Western Singapore, retailing over 5,000 products ranging from snacks, ready-to-eat meals,...
The Singapore government has unveiled a 3-stage digital roadmap for the precision engineering industry, called the Precision Engineering Industry Digital Roadmap (IDP). Overseen by Enterprise Singapore and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore,...
The Housing Development Board (HDB) is looking to ramp up the supply of new Build-To-Order (BTO) flats over the next two years to meet the strong housing demand from Singaporean households. An estimated 23,000 flats are expected to be launched per year from 2022 to...
