The Singapore Logistics Association (SLA) has signed five memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to accelerate sustainability practices, digital adoption, internationalisation and workforce development across the industry.
These come as the trade body, which has about 700 members, aims to position the sector to capture new cross-border opportunities in the new Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).
Formalised on Monday (Feb 23) under SLA’s Vision 2027 road map, the association said the agreements aim to strengthen growth opportunities in “sustainability, digitalisation, internationalisation and human capital development”.
One partnership with the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) “enhances manufacturing-logistics integration and cross-border collaboration”. This will be achieved, for example, by “facilitating business missions and knowledge-sharing platforms” through the JS-SEZ.
SLA said the collaboration will also include “supply-chain integration” initiatives, such as dialogues and capability-building programmes. There will also be “overseas missions and market familiarisation initiatives” to expand regional partnerships.
Speaking at a Chinese New Year event on Monday, SLA chairman Dave Ng said efforts will include trade missions, forums and joint capability-building initiatives in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), sustainability and regional expansion, including within the JS-SEZ.
He added that the trade body has already organised three missions to the JS-SEZ involving more than 170 participants, with a fourth slated for August this year.
