Singapore is strategically situated and a meeting point for numerous shipping routes, making it a natural hub for Asian distribution.

Efficient nation-wide IT platform for customs clearance and import/export documentation
Efficient road network
Pro-business environment
e-Commerce business capabilities

Singapore port has one of the highest number of vessel calls from all over the world: 63 from Europe, 32 from the U.S., 57 from Japan, and 250 from Southeast Asia.

Singapore has been awarded the best sea and air port since the 1980s

Participating Logistics Companies

Singapore Trade Development Board – Singapore’s national trade promotion agency.

PSA Corporation – PSA is the world’s largest container terminal operator, handling about one-tenth of the world’s container throughput.

Ascent Logistics Pte, Ltd. - Ascent Logistics is a 3rd party logistics services provider specializing in warehousing and distribution services; air, ocean and land transportation; contract repair and spare parts management services; contract order fulfillment services, e-Commerce order fulfillment services; vendor-managed inventory and just-in-time hub services; procurement services; value-added logistics – labeling, price-tagging, inspection, etc.

C&P Holdings Pte, Ltd. - C&P Holdings is a leading organization in logistics services specializing in warehousing; container depot and engineering; transportation; marine and shipping; car rental and industrial leasing; and chemical storage and management.

ST Logistics Pte, Ltd. - ST Logistics is a one-stop logistics center, providing customers with warehousing facilities, and computerized inventory control as well as both local and overseas exhibition and event freight services.

Keppel Logistics Pte, Ltd. - Keppel Logistics provides comprehensive integrated logistics solutions for freight forwarding, storage and distribution, container services, and trucking.

YCH Group Pte, Ltd. - YCH Group provides a comprehensive range of total logistics services worldwide.

Poh Tiong Choon Logistics – Offers land transportation, shipping agency, bulk cargo handling, offshore logistics operations, drumming of chemical cargoes, heavy haulage, container depot, and sea and air freight services.

About David S. S. Chin

David S.S. Chin is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the SingaporeTrade Development Board. He is the Chairman of Singapore’s Inter-Agency Steering Committee on Logistics, which comprises 14 government agencies involved in the logistics sector. The Steering Committee initiated the Logistics Enhancement Application Programme (LEAP) in 1997, which aims to upgrade the capabilities of the logistics industry in Singapore. Mr. Chin is a graduate of the Singapore Polytechnic with a Technician Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Polytechnic, UK, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Marine Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineer of Singapore and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers, UK. Mr. Chin is also the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Commodity Exchange Limited; Board Director of SilkAir (Singapore) Pte, Ltd. and Vice Chairman of the International Merchandise Mart Limited.

Sponsoring Organizations

Singapore Trade Development Board

African Chamber of Commerce Inc.

Bank One International Corporation

Hibernia National Bank

Law Firm of Joseph E. Ching

International Freight Forwarders

& Customs Brokers Association

Louisiana Department of Economic Development
World Trade Center of New Orleans

In Cooperation With

Registration Fee: $22 for members of the sponsoring organizations and $27 for non-members.