Given our long history as a port-city and that the maritime industry constantly accounting for a significant portion of Singapore’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), she is recognised as the “Top Leading Maritime Capital of the World” for the fourth consecutive time in 2019 by Menon Economics. With the ongoing development of the 65 million TEUs annual capacity Tuas Port amidst the growing global seaborne container trade, the Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS) continues to value add to the maritime industry by conducting multi-disciplinary industry-relevant research to engage, improve, and create opportunities, and supports corporate and government policy- and decision-making as an independent think-tank.