LibGuides: 🚢 Guide for SMA: ST News &amp; Other Industry News (2023)

Successful First Methanol Bunkering Operation in the Port of Singapore
Published 27 Jul 2023
Maersk and Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd have successfully conducted the world’s first ship-to-containership methanol bunkering operation of a Maersk’s container vessel on 27 Jul 2023 at the Raffles Reserved Anchorage in Singapore, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), government agencies and research institutes. This is also Singapore’s first methanol bunkering operation.
Call for Expression of Interest to Design and Promote Adoption of Electric Harbour Craft in Singapore
Published 11 Jul 2023
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) issued an Expression of Interest (EOI) on 10 July 2023 to invite interested parties to submit proposals to design and promote adoption of full-electric harbour craft (e-HC) in Singapore.

Skills and Industry Report 2023

Adaptation Gap Report 2023
NEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared – Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed finds that progress on climate adaptation is slowing when it should be accelerating to catch up with these rising climate change impacts.
Cisco AI Readiness Index
The Cisco AI Readiness Index investigates AI readiness across six key pillars - Strategy, Infrastructure, Data, Governance, Talent, and Culture and categorizes organizational readiness into four levels – Pacesetters (fully prepared), Chasers (moderately prepared), Followers (limited preparedness), and Laggards (unprepared). Using this categorization, the breakdown of respondents for Cisco’s inaugural AI Readiness Index is: Pacesetters (14%); Chasers (34%); Followers (48%) and Laggards (4%)

Singapore digital economy report 2023
The inaugural Singapore Digital Economy (SGDE) report is published by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (LKYSPP)1,2. It provides a holistic analysis of the landscape and performance of Singapore’s digital economy.

Minimum Income Standard 2023: Household Budgets in a Time of Rising Costs
How much income households need for a basic standard of living is an important question for society and a major field of study in social research. We published the first study on the cost of a basic standard of living in Singapore using the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) method in 2019, focusing on elderly persons aged 65 years and older, and single adults aged 55–64 years old.

IMDA & MCI: Singapore’s Digital Connectivity Blueprint
The Digital Connectivity Blueprint is a master-plan of an expansive digital infrastructure stack to power Singapore’s next bound of growth.
Statista: In Which Industries Could AI Do Most of the Heavy Lifting?
Research shows 40% of US work hours in 2021 can be impacted by large language models like ChatGPT, through automation or augmentation. Why is that?

2023 Global Human Capital Trends
Deloitte’s 2023 Global Human Capital Trends survey polled 10,000 business and HR leaders across every industry, with 105 countries participating. The survey data is complemented by interviews with executives from some of today’s leading organizations. The insights shaped the trends in this report.

Jobs-Skills Quarterly Insights - Skills for Engineers and Technicians in the Green Economy by SSG
Jan 2023

Riding on the insights from the Skills Demand for the Future Economy 2022 report, this issue of SSG’s Jobs-Skills Quarterly Insights dives deeper into the Green Economy to look at the green skills for the engineering workforce.
Closing the Skills Gap by Wiley
2023

This 42-page eport shares insights for meeting the skill needs of employers and learners. While it focuses on the U.S., you might find some insights interesting, including opportunities to enhance your programs to meet today’s skill needs, strategies for partnering with employers to upskill workers, and how the pandemic altered the demand for hard and soft skills.