新加坡新任命了18位海事青年大使，希望通过他们的宣传，让更多的青年学生了解航运业，投身航运业。这项名为MaritimeSG的青年大使计划由新加坡海事及港务管理局发起，旨在吸引优秀青年关注并参与到航运业的发展中，为新加坡航运业人才的可持续性发展赋能。未来几年，航运业将在绿色脱碳、性别平等、数字化转型等方面继续努力，跨学科、复合型人才的加入将更好地服务于该行业的建设发展。

    Singapore has appointed 18 maritime youth ambassadors to champion the industry among students looking to make career choices.The MaritimeSG youth ambassadors compromise students from local institutes of higher learning and are designed to increase awareness of the maritime industries through youth advocacy. The 18 ambassadors were chosen from over 40 applications. This programme supports Singapore’s efforts to grow a sustainable pipeline of future talent by facilitating youth-to-youth engagement on developments in the maritime industry. The maritime industry has been and will be making rapid changes in the next few years in terms of gender equality, digitalisation, and decarbonisation. Problems of the future will be solved by multi and inter disciplinary thinkers.

    5月26日，日本拖船服务提供商——东京汽船在神奈川造船厂为新型电动拖船Taiga举行了命名和下水仪式。该船长36米，配备了一套由大容量锂离子电池和柴油发动机组成的电力推进系统。Taiga是一艘生态友好型船舶，实现了二氧化碳、氮氧化物、硫氧化物和颗粒物（PM）的低/零排放，同时也是一艘船员友好型船舶，它减少了作业中的噪音和振动，改善了船员的工作环境。

    On 26 May, Japanese tugboat services provider Tokyo Kisen held a naming and launching ceremony of the electric tugboat Taiga, currently under construction at Kanagawa Dockyard.The 36-metre-long Taiga is powered by an electric propulsion system that combines large-capacity lithium-ion batteries developed by Japanese shipping consortium e5 Lab and a diesel engine.It is an eco-ship designed to protect the environment in areas surrounding the ports of Yokohama and Kawasaki, and also a crew-friendly tugboat, not only achieving low/zero emissions of CO2, NOx, SOx, and particulate matter (PM) from the vessel but also reducing noise and vibration for an improved working environment.