CONTAINER DEPOT AND
LOGISTICS ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE)

Visiting Students from NYPi-ROK ASEAN TVET Mobility Program

With host CWT Integrated Pte Ltd, CDAS President Mr. Ricky Loo was hands-on to personally welcome and guide another batch of some 15 students from ASEAN countries and NYP faculty members once again, from the NYPi-ROK ASEAN TVET Mobility Program, focusing on IT Applications & Development, hosted by Nanyang Polytechnic's NYP, International, coordinated by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on 25th October 2024! To recap, the 4-weeks program is designed to equip the students with relevant IT skills meant for the industry, and in includes industry visits to sectors that utilize technology as part of their transformation [...]

Green Logistics Workshop – Accelerating the Sustainability Transition with ESG Solutions

CDAS is proud to be supporting the upcoming Green Logistics workshop, jointly organised by Green Freight Asia and STACS ESGpedia. The details of the event are as follows: •⁠ ⁠Thursday, 19 September 2024 •⁠ ⁠⁠2pm – 5pm •⁠ ⁠⁠Venue: Ascent Solutions, The Pulse, 8 Aljunied Avenue 3, Singapore 389933 As rising ESG regulations and reporting take centre stage, and with logistics playing a crucial role in global supply chains, the workshop aims to empower logistics companies with knowledge and expertise through insights and showcases on innovative ESG digital solutions and sustainable financing that can accelerate your business’ green transition and [...]

Visiting Delegate from Ghana – July 2024

Earlier this month, CDAS President Mr. Ricky Loo had the distinct honour of hosting a visiting delegatation from Ghana, being led by former President of Ghana, his excellency Mr. John Dramani Mahama, who were visiting Singapore to understand the logistics and transportation landscape of Singapore. Mr. Loo welcomed and led the entourage of delegates in showcasing the CWT CSRS multi-storied depot, and how through the use and adoption of various automation technology and industry Initiatives introduced by CDAS, helped to enhance his company's day-to-day operations, improving Efficiency and worklife quality for his staff. We hope that Mr. John Dramani Mahama [...]

CDAS Annual General Meeting

(Note this event is exclusive to CDAS Members only) Container Depot and Logistics Association (Singapore) - Notice of Annual General Meeting – 5th June 2024 @ 11.00am Notice is hereby given that the 33rd Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on 5 June 2024 at 11:00 a.m. In relation to the Annual General Meeting of Container Depot and Logistics Association (Singapore) to be held on 5 June 2024 at 11:00 a.m at CDAS, No.9 Jurong Town Hall Road, Level 1, TA Hub, Jurong Town Hall, Singapore 609431. The notice and invitations has been sent out to members [...]

Hosting Delegates from ANITA – Italian Road Freight Transport and Logistics Association

Buongiorno! CWT Integrated Pte Ltd hosted a visiting delegation from the ANITA - Italian Road Freight Transport and Logistics Association, the Italian association representing companies in the road transport and logistics sector, CDAS President and CWT CEO Mr. Ricky Loo welcomed the over 20 visiting delegates at CWT's patented Mega Logistics Hub, CSRS Depot, where they were given a personal guided tour of the facilities by Mr. Loo, where they got to learn about the facility's unique design and how it ensures a smooth daily logistics operations, as well as the vast arrays of services they provide. Mr. Loo then [...]

CDAS Lunar New Year Gathering 2024 – Celebrating a 龙🐉(Long) and Prosperous New Year Together!

HENG ONG HUAT AH! Were you able to join us at our annual CDAS Lunar New Year Gathering on 22nd February? Guests were treated to spectacle of lively performances and also got to learn about the latest industry initiatives and government schemes. By bringing the container depot and logistics family together to celebrate a reunion this Lunar New Year, we welcome the new Year of the Dragon, often regarded as a symbol of power, prosperity, and good fortune, representing the spirit of ambition, wisdom, and success. This year is also believed to bring about evolution, improvements, and abundance. More than [...]

Hosting Students from the NYPi-ROK ASEAN TVET Mobility Program

With host CWT Integrated Pte Ltd, CDAS President and CWT CEO Mr. Ricky Loo was pleased to welcome another batch of some 25 student from ASEAN countries and faculty members once again from the NYPi-ROK ASEAN TVET Mobility Program, focusing on IT Applications & Development, hosted by Nanyang Polytechnic's NYP, International, coordinated by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) The 4 week program is designed to equip the students with relevant IT skills meant for the industry, and in includes industry visits to sectors that utilize technology as part of their transformation efforts. This round, the students got to witness CWT's patented Mega Logistics [...]

Digitalization and Job Transformation – The Business Times Podcasts Interview with CDAS President Mr. Ricky Loo

CDAS President Mr. Ricky Loo was invited to an interview on The Business Times Podcast, where he talked about the importance of the #logistics industry, and how his company had applied #job #redesign, and #digitalization to adapt to the changing manpower and economical landscape, to not only attract younger #talents and improve the #workforce, but also tackle challenges during the pandemic, and improve #productivity and working conditions. He also shared about CDAS' digitalization and #transformation efforts to help ease issues faced by the industry and bring about improvements on a whole. Take a few minutes and watch or listen to [...]

A Successful Event Held: Singapore Logistics and Crane Carnival 2023

On 30th September 2023, the Singapore Logistics and Crane Carnival 2023 got off to a successful start at the Trade Association Hub. Did you manage to join us there? CDAS President Mr. Ricky Loo joined the welcome party to receive and meet with Guest-of-Honour, Minister of State, Prime Minister Office, Deputy Secretary-General, NTUC , Mr. Desmond Tan. Over the course of their tour and engagement session, Mr. Loo shared with DSG Mr. Tan on the various CDAS initiatives, such as how we piloted the industry’s first cashless payment system, which helped reduce the reliance on cash payments made by hauliers [...]

Singapore Logistics and Crane Carnival 2023

CDAS is proud to be a co-organizer of the upcoming Singapore Logistics and Crane Carnival 2023! Organized by the Singapore Cranes Association (SCA), together with co-organisers, the Singapore Logistics Association (SLA), Singapore Transport Association (STA) and Container Depot and Logistics Association Singapore - CDAS, with the support of the Workplace Safety and Health Council and Employment & Employability Institute, e2i, the event aims to raise awareness on the industrial developments of the #logistics and #crane operations, showcase the professionalism and career pathways and highlight the importance of #WSH in these industries. The event expects attendees from in-service professionals, mid-career switches, [...]

Enterprise Singapore Introductory Engagement Session

Thanks to the gracious hosting of CWT Integrated Pte Ltd, CDAS was pleased to be able to host an Enterprise Singapore Introductory Engagement with their CEO, Mr. Lee Chuan Teck, accompanied by Assistant Chief Executive, Mr. Lee Pak Sing  and Mr. Law Chung Ming  (Executive Director, Transport and Logistics). The group got a first hand look at a first of its kind integrated multi-storey depot - a Mega Logistics Hub, and got to learn how companies like CWT leveraged on various #digitalization and #technology adoption to modernize and #transform their business to meet new requirements. Led by CDAS President, Mr. [...]

Sharing on Adoption of Technology by the Container Logistics Industry

Together with the help of host CWT Integrated Pte Ltd, we warmly welcomed a visit by some 20 students and 4 faculty members from ASEAN countries, who were attending the NYPi-ROK ASEAN TVET Mobility Program in IT Applications & Development hosted by Nanyang Polytechnic's NYP, International. They were also joined by representatives of The Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). The 4 week program is designed to equip the students with relevant IT skills meant for the industry, and in includes industry visits to sectors that utilize technology as part of their transformation efforts. To that end, we gave them a presentation [...]

Signing of MOU at the SGTradex Collaborative Data in Supply Chain Conference

Sgtradex held a conference on "Collaborative Data in the Supply Chain" yesterday, which brought together industry leaders from the logistics sector including Hauliers, Shippers, freightforwarders, and Industry Solution Providers among others. As part of the conference, CDAS, represented by Deputy President Mr. Lim Boon Tiong, took part in the signing of the MOU, together with the other Logistics and Transportation Trade Associations Singapore Logistics Association and Singapore Transport Association, as well as other logistics solution providers, as part of a cohesive effort to promote digitalization and advocate the benefits of data exchange on the SGTraDex Network. Mr. Lim also took [...]

Planting Trees for a Greener and Sustainable Future

The Singapore Logistics Association organized an event to plant 50 trees, as part of celebrating 50 Years of #SGLogistics and Making an impactful carbon handprint. As part of #worldenvironmentday2023, CDAS is proud to have supported SLA's event, where together, the industry, trade associations, agencies and institutes planted 50 trees to celebrate SLA's 50th anniversary, while contributing back to the environment as part of National Parks Board's OneMillionTrees movement to restore nature back into our city through the planting of a million more trees across Singapore, a key pillar under the Singapore Green Plan 2030. Together with Guest-of-Honour Ms. Grace Fu [...]

CDAS Lunar New Year Gathering 2023 – Huat 兔(Tu)gether!

Were you able to join us at our Lunar New Year Gathering 2023? We certainly hope so! CDAS returned to its first physical Lunar New Year Gathering, where we "Huat 兔(Tu)gether" since the pandemic, and we certainly missed being able to meet our members, partners, our friends from the other TACs, associates and friends of the container depot and logistics industry in person in such a celebratory event. We shared more about the latest industry happenings and trends, gave some insight into the New Year, as well as had shared some initiatives, such as the Container Tracking System (CTR) with [...]

Sharing at the Trade Association 101 Course by SCCCI

CDAS Deputy President Mr. Ricky Loo was invited to do an industry sharing at the 2nd run of the Trade Association 101 course, organized by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. During the session, he shared about CDAS' journey of transforming and uplifting the container depot and logistics sector, how we had taken great strides to digitize our industry processes and advocate for the adoption of digital solutions and technology to help increase efficiency, reduce costs and embark on a sustainable roadmap. Mr. Loo shared about his thoughts and ideas on how Trade Associations and Chambers (TACs) can further help their [...]

Seminar on “Drive towards Sustainability”

Together with PSA Singapore and with the support from Enterprise Singapore, we had organized an industry seminar for container haulage companies on "Drive towards Sustainability" on 17 November 2022, to share about decarbonizing and sustainability initiatives. We'd like to extend our thanks to our participants and supporting partners for making this seminar a success! With the increased focus on reducing #carbon emission, especially for our industry which produces high #emissions, as well as the carbon tax looming in the not too distant future, how can companies prepare for #decarbonization , and kickstart their #sustainability journey?" Companies have already begin thinking [...]

Partnering SMEs: Digitizing for Growth

CDAS is pleased to have supported the "Partnering SMEs: Digitizing for Growth" event held yesterday, organized by Mastercard®, in partnership with the Payments Council that is established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The event aims to gather small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the logistics industry to discuss and understand: - Emerging trends in the logistics industry and how they impact SMEs - Benefits of payment digitalization and the technologies available for SMEs to use - Government initiatives available to support SMEs in going cashless and digital CDAS Deputy President, Mr. Ricky Loo was there as part of [...]

Container Tracking System (CTR) Featured as part of Singapore’s Logistics ITM at the Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP)

The Industry Transformation Map (ITM) Networking Event at the Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) kicked off today at the Singapore Expo, where 5 ITMs from the Advanced Manufacturing & Trade (AMT) Cluster will be launched at ITAP this year: Aerospace, Electronics, Energy & Chemicals, Precision Engineering and Logistics. The Container Tracking System (CTR) was featured as part of Singapore's Logistics ITM. CTR aims to tackle the longstanding pain points of our industry, of the lacking visibility of our fleet and chassis assets, managing them, and optimizing their use as well as pooling together resources for use to reduce wastage and further reduce our [...]

Thank You for Supporting the Logistics and Transportation Conference 2022 – Logistics Digitalization and Resource Optimization for a Sustainable Future

We are pleased to have successfully ran the renewed Logistics and Transportation Conference 2022 on 30 September 2022! Our theme for the conference, “Logistics Digitalization and Resource Optimization for a Sustainable Future” brought together representatives from the logistics and transportation sector, speakers and representatives from government agencies and academics, to attend and share their experience and expertise on the four key focus of this conference’s theme; the continued “Digitalization” of the logistics and transportation sector, “Optimizing” resources and assets for improved efficiency, and “Sustainability”, as we delve into both business sustainability as well as reducing our industry’s carbon footprint. The [...]