Splash Singapore is set within a remarkably packed maritime schedule.
SINGAPORE, July 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Global shipping leaders are being urged to set up in Singapore for an entire week of high-level meetings, conferences, and networking this September, as a packed series of major maritime events draws numerous influential industry figures to the city.
At the heart of the week—arriving in just two months—is the first-ever Splash Singapore, hosted at the Fairmont Hotel on Thursday, September 24. This new conference, organized by the team behind Splash and Geneva Dry, will gather prominent shipowners, shipmanagers, charterers, cargo interests, and technology executives for a day of lively debate about the commercial forces transforming global shipping.
Splash Singapore is set within a remarkably packed maritime schedule. The IMO Research and Development Forum on marine pollution preparedness is scheduled for September 21 and 22, followed by the 25th anniversary Marine Money Week Asia at the St Regis on September 22 and 23.
SpillAsia 2026 runs at Suntec Singapore from September 23 to 25, while Submarine Networks World and the co-located Subsea Security World are held at Sands Expo and Convention Centre on September 23 and 24. The latter anticipates over 1,000 attendees from the global subsea communications and infrastructure sectors.
September 24 also marks World Maritime Day. The International Maritime Organization’s 2026 theme, “From Policy to Practice: Powering Maritime Excellence”, offers a fitting backdrop for conversations at Splash Singapore on regulation, decarbonisation, technology, geopolitics, and the shifting commercial landscape of shipping.
The week wraps up on Friday, September 25 with the Singapore Shipping Association’s 41st Anniversary Gala Dinner at Marina Bay Sands. More than 2,600 members and guests are expected to attend this event, one of the largest annual gatherings in Maritime Singapore.
A cultural highlight also awaits: Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Friday, 25 September, with Singapore’s lantern displays, mooncakes, and evening festivities providing an excellent setting for client entertainment and weekend hospitality.
Grant Rowles, co-founder of Splash, noted that this combination offers a strong reason for international executives to stay in Singapore for the entire week.
“This isn’t about traveling halfway around the globe for just one conference,” Rowles said. “It presents a chance to pack months of meetings, information gathering, and relationship building into four or five highly efficient days. You have ship finance leaders at Marine Money, owners, managers, and charterers at Splash Singapore, specialized groups convening around environmental response and subsea infrastructure, and then the broader Singapore maritime community uniting at the SSA dinner.
“For an international shipping executive, the value lies in that extraordinary concentration of people. A single trip can deliver conference insights, client meetings, new business opportunities, and the chance to reconnect with those shaping maritime Asia. Come for Splash Singapore, but make the whole week worthwhile.”
Splash Singapore’s agenda prioritizes direct conversation over presentations, with panels tackling the major issues facing shipping over the next 12 months, such as trade flows, freight markets, geopolitics, regulation, fuels, and emerging technologies. The event builds on eight editions of the Maritime CEO Forum Singapore and the organizers’ successful Geneva Dry conference.
“In the past, I’ve found the caliber of attendees at Splash events to be very high,” commented Christoph Toepfer, CEO of Borealis Maritime and founder of Borealis Tankers. He will be speaking on the tankers panel, along with Nitin Mathur, managing director for commercial shipping at Al Seer Marine, who told Splash: “What would make the event particularly valuable is the opportunity for open and honest discussions on market developments, emerging opportunities, technology adoption, and the strategic challenges facing shipowners.”
Meanwhile, Bjorn Hojgaard, the head of Anglo-Eastern, the world’s largest shipmanager, who will speak on the opening Big Issues session, said: “For me, a successful event is one where participants leave with a better understanding of the real challenges facing our industry, a few assumptions that have been tested, and perhaps one or two ideas that will genuinely change how they lead their organizations.”
“Events like Splash Singapore provide a useful forum to test assumptions, challenge conventional wisdom, and learn from peers,” concurred fellow Dane, Martin Fruergaard, the CEO of Pacific Basin Shipping, one of the world’s largest dry bulk operators.
A successful conference, he added, is one where delegates leave with a clearer picture of the industry’s direction and where its greatest risks and opportunities will emerge.
“And I’m sure we will get a few new good ideas from the other conference participants that we will do our best to copy,” Fruergaard said.
For Arthur English, the CEO of a Norwegian owner, said he hopes the discussion at Splash Singapore will move beyond identifying risks and ask how the industry can allocate, price, and manage them more transparently.
“There is nowhere better to try that than in Singapore with its great blend of owners and charterers,” said English, who will be speaking on the dry bulk panel alongside Fruergaard.
Visit: www.splashsingapore.com for details.
Grant Rowles
Splash Maritime Group Pte Ltd
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