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24 August 2026

One month to go until shipping leaders gather at Splash Singapore

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One month to go until shipping leaders gather at Splash Singapore

One month from today, some of the biggest names in global shipping will gather at the Fairmont Hotel for the inaugural Splash Singapore conference. Taking place on September 24, the event has been deliberately designed to strip away many of the conventions of traditional maritime conferences. There will be no presentations, no slides and no …

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