NI members attending were welcomed by the President of The Nautical Institute (Singapore) Branch, Capt Duncan Telfer FNI and the Honorary Secretary, Capt Venkat Padmanabhan.
NI president Capt Robert McCabe said in his address paid tribute the efforts made by Singapore to build an international maritime centre in the past few years and remarked that the republic was now one of the world’s leading international shipping centres.
“I am pleased we have inaugurated a branch of the institute in Singapore as the scale and vibrancy of the place makes it an important centre for us. We believe our new branch here will flourish in many ways and we also believe it will be able to add something to the further building of Singapore as one of the world’s great shipping centres.”
Capt. McCabe also paid tribute to the work of the Singapore Nautical Institute and hoped that both The NI (Singapore) Branch and the Singapore Nautical Institute could work closely together.