Maritime and Shipping Law Course for Legal and Industry Practitioners (July 2025)

Date & Time	14-25 July 2025
Date & Time	14 July: 9.30am - 5.15pm 15 July: 9.30pm - 5.15pm 23 July: 9.30pm - 5.30pm 24 July: 9.30pm - 5.15pm 25 July: 9.30pm - 12.00pm
Venue	SAL, Marina 3, The Adelphi #07-01, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

This 26-hour course, led by SAL’s Senior Accredited Specialists in Maritime and Shipping Law, covers a wide range of topics from ship sale and purchase to international sale of goods and finance to admiralty law and claims. This is not a basic course and is open to all lawyers, in-house counsel and non-lawyers who have some knowledge of this area of law, e.g. a degree or graduate diploma in maritime studies, and wish to have a better grasp of this practice area.

Early Bird rates for sign-ups before 14 June 2025:

Prices before GST	Early bird rate (until 14 June 2025)	Usual rate (14 June 2025 onwards)
Member	$1,440	$1,920
Non-member	$1,800	$2,400

Written Assessment

Participants (self- or company-sponsored) who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund (MCF) Funding are required to complete an open-book assessment at the end of each day. Those who do not pass the assessment will be liable to pay SAL the amount of MCF Funding received.

SkillsFuture Credit (for self-funded individuals only)

All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can utilise their SkillsFuture Credit from the government to cover a wide range of approved skills-related courses. You can explore available courses on the MySkillsFuture website.

Maritime Cluster Fund Training Grant (for self/company funded)

MCF Training Grant (50% off nett registration fee) is available for eligible participants. Please refer to https://www.mpa.gov.sg/maritime-singapore/what-maritime-singapore-offers/developing-manpower/training@maritimesingapore for more information.

Please click here and complete the form if you are interested in using SkillsFuture Credit, MCF Funding or using both MCF Funding and SkillsFuture Credit.

Member's Price: SGD 1,569.60

Usual Price: Special Price SGD 1,962.00 Regular Price SGD 2,616.00

Member's Price: SGD 1,569.60

Usual Price: Special Price SGD 1,962.00 Regular Price SGD 2,616.00

CPD Points : 27 TBC

Overview

Day 1

09.30am – 11.00am	Module 1: Ship Sale and Purchase
11.00am – 11.15am	Break
11.15am – 12.45pm	Module 1: Ship Sale and Purchase (continued)
12.45pm – 1.00pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Module 2: Ship Finance
3.30pm – 3.45pm	Break
3.45pm – 5.15pm	Module 2: Ship Finance (continued)
5.30pm – 5.45pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)

Day 2

09.30am – 11.00am	Module 3: Carriage of Goods by Sea
11.00am – 11.15am	Break
11.15am – 12.45pm	Module 1: Carriage of Goods by Sea (continued)
12.45pm – 1.00pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Module 4: Charterparties
3.30pm – 3.45pm	Break
3.45pm – 5.15pm	Module 4: Charterparties (continued)
5.30pm – 5.45pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)

Day 3

09.30am – 11.00am	Module 5: Marine Insurance
11.00am – 11.15am	Break
11.15am – 12.45pm	Module 5: Marine Insurance (continued)
12.45pm – 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Module 5: Marine Insurance (continued)
3.30pm – 3.45pm	Break
3.45pm – 5.00pm	Module 5: Marine Insurance(continued)
5.00pm – 5.30pm	Ethics and Professional Standards in the Practice of Maritime and Shipping Law
5.30pm – 5.45pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)

Day 4

09.30am – 11.00am	Module 6: International Sale of Goods and Finance
11.00am – 11.15am	Break
11.15am – 12.45pm	Module 6: International Sale of Goods and Finance (continued)
12.45pm – 1.00pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Lunch
2.00pm – 3.30pm	Module 7: Admiralty Law
3.30pm – 3.45pm	Break
3.45pm – 5.15pm	Module 8: Admiralty Claims (continued)
5.30pm – 5.45pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)

Day 5

09.30am – 11.00am	Module 9: Maritime Conflict of Laws
11.00am – 11.15am	Break
11.15am – 12.00pm	Module 9: Maritime Conflict of Laws (continued)
12.00pm – 12.30pm	Assessment (only for those who apply for Maritime Cluster Fund funding)

Speakers

Daryll Richard Ng

Daryll is a partner at Virtus Law, and the managing partner of the Stephenson Harwood Singapore office. He also heads the Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance dispute resolution practice in Singapore. He has specialised in marine and commercial dispute resolution for more than 20 years. Qualified to practise both in Singapore and the UK, Daryll has appeared at all levels of the Singapore Court and has acted in numerous arbitrations and mediations. Daryll is recognised as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Maritime and Shipping Law by Singapore Academy of Law, named in Asia Business Law Journal's A-list of Singapore's Top 100 Lawyers, listed as a Recommended Lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and a Leading Individual by Chambers Asia Pacific.

Colin Jarraw

Colin is one of the founding partners of Virtus Law LLP, a Singapore law firm that operates under the formal law alliance Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance.

His principal area of practice is in banking and ship finance. He is also adept at company law, with a focus on shipping having been involved in a number of major merger and acquisition transactions involving shipping companies in Singapore. Colin regularly acts as Singapore legal counsel for all the major shipping finance banks in high value ship finance and complex leasing transactions.

He has also advised owners in ship sale and purchase transactions, charterparties, shipbuilding contracts and vessel registrations and de-registrations. Colin also has had experience as a litigator, having practised both in Malaysia (as a general commercial litigator) and in Singapore (as a shipping litigator) where he has appeared up to the Courts of Appeal in both jurisdictions.

Other Information

SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: 27 (TBC)
Number of MEC points: 0.5 MEC points (for DAY 3 05.00pm – 5.30pm Ethics and Professional Standards in the Practice of Maritime and Shipping Law)

Day 1 – 6 Public CPD Points
Day 2 – 6 Public CPD Points
Day 3 – 6.5 Public CPD Points (inclusive of 0.5 Public MEC Points)
Day 4 – 6 Public CPD Points
Day 5 - 2.5 Public CPD Points

Practice Area: Admiralty Practice/ Shipping
Training Level: Intermediate

SILE Attendance Policy

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, participants are reminded to sign in on arrival and sign out at the conclusion of each day of the event in the manner required by the organiser. Participants must not be absent from each day of the event for more than 15 minutes. Participants may obtain Public CPD Points for each day of the event on which they comply strictly with the Attendance Policy. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy on any particular day of the event will not be able to obtain CPD Points for that day. Please refer to www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

For enquiries related to this event, please email [email protected].

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