"The Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) 2024, the largest meeting place in Southeast Asia for the global maritime value chain, will return for its 18th installment in Singapore from 13 to 15 March 2024. The event is expected to bring together more than 14,000 shipowners, shipyards, ship management, and technical procurers to meet over 1,400 solutions providers. The theme for APM 2024 is ""Future of Vessels, Solutions for Tomorrow"", and it aims to be the platform for knowledge exchange and information sharing¹. The conference and exhibition will focus on highlighting smarter solutions to achieve net-zero objectives, drive cybersecurity, improve satellite communication mobility, and embrace digitalisation. Innovative solutions including drones, batteries, electric marine engine and propulsion, sustainable paints and coatings, tech solution companies, among others, will be showcased. The maritime sector, which carries around 80% of the global merchandise trade today, urgently needs to decarbonize, and these decarbonization efforts need to come together with technological innovation, sound multilateral regulation, and economic growth to face rising costs. "