NUS Law collaborates with MPA to establish new maritime law research centre and a professorship in maritime law
The National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced the establishment of the new Centre for Maritime Law (CML) and MPA Professorship in Maritime Law.
The new centre, which is NUS Law's sixth research centre, will focus on commercial maritime law. Established with funding from the MPA and the Ministry of Law, CML's primary focus will be to spearhead maritime law research in Singapore and in the region, as well as enhance the knowledge and expertise amongst the shipping community in Singapore. It will also support and enhance the teaching of maritime law among undergraduates and postgraduate students.
The MPA Professorship in Maritime Law was also enhanced to strengthen the development of resident teaching expertise and anchor maritime legal research activities at NUS Law. This builds on the earlier S$4 million MPA visiting professorship programme that was set up in 2003 at NUS Law to enable overseas academia to conduct courses for NUS Law students and members of the Singapore maritime community.
In support of these two initiatives, MPA has contributed an additional S$1 million to establish a permanent professorship. Additionally, MPA, through the Singapore Maritime Institute, has also set aside S$2 million to support the running of CML over five years.