NUS, Singapore Maritime Institute set up S$18m research centre

Singapore

THE National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) announced on Friday the setting up of an S$18 million research centre to help Singapore's maritime and port industries develop innovative capabilities, and enhance their global competitiveness.

The new Centre of Excellence in Modelling and Simulation for Next Generation Ports (C4NGP) will be part of NUS engineering faculty, and will collaborate with companies in Singapore's maritime and port sectors to improve their technical know-how, efficiency and productivity, the two institutions said.