TradeWinds talks to two 2016 MaritimeONE scholars in Singapore who have entered the shipping workforce. They share their experiences and reveal whether the expectations they had at the outset have been met.

Lynn Quek

Quek had no knowledge of shipping until she found out about it through an industry outreach in her final school years.

“I looked into it and discovered Singapore was a port city and shipping was one of its strong suites, and decided to give it a shot,” she explained.