MPA Provides "Largest Number of Recipients" 2015 Global Internship Award

The MPA Friday announced that 30 undergraduate students have been awarded the MPA’s Global Internship Award for 2015

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Friday announced that 30 undergraduate students have been awarded the MPA's Global Internship Award (GIA) for 2015, the largest number of recipients since the programme's inception in 2013.

The MPA GIA recipients each commenced the programme's 10-week long internship period on Monday.

MPA says the GIA programme annually selects local undergraduates from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore Management University (SMU) to gain hands-on experience in the maritime industry at participating companies that cover different martime sectors including shipping, shipbrokering, ship finance, marine insurance, offshore and maritime law.

MPA says the programme enables interns to participate in overseas stints of up to four weeks, providing participants with the opportunity to work at both local and abroad offices of participating companies, including locations such as Australasia, the Middle East, South Africa, Europe, and America.

This year's 30 award recipients were selected from a pool of more than 170 applicants, all with a background in Maritime Studies, Business Management, Economics, Accountancy, and Law to intern among 21 participating companies.

"This is the largest number of awards we have given out," said Andrew Tan, Chief Executive of MPA.

"We are heartened by the encouraging response to the MPA GIA 2015, as the increased number of applications, recipients and participating companies indicate the value of the programme and commitment in developing manpower for Maritime Singapore.

"The global internship programme is an example of MPA's manpower development efforts to attract young talent to the maritime sector, which also complements and supports the national SkillsFuture initiative."

MPA has committed S$2 million (US$1.505 million) over a period of five years to support the MPA GIA.

In May, MPA committed $1.83 billion to Singapore's latest mega port project.