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Professor / Captain Frederick Francis
Hon Professor, Master Mariner, LLM
- Professional Experience
- Areas of Expertise
- Professional Qualifications
- Awards & Recognitions
- Key Research Papers
A veteran seafarer, educator, consultant and researcher with a focused range of expertise.
Started sea career as a deck cadet officer and rose up the ranks to master at the age of 29. Commanded nine ships before stepping ashore and joined the Singapore Polytechnic.
Under a scholarship, read law in the UK and awarded distinction for the dissertation.
Currently, the Assistant Centre Director of the Centre of Excellence in Maritime Safety, Singapore Polytechnic and several other portfolios at the Singapore Maritime Academy.
Provides international consultancy, and serves on several professional bodies. Current president of the Singapore Nautical Institute and the World Maritime Heritage Society.
Written and published eight books including Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore (Shipping), Guide to Safe Navigation in the Singapore Strait, and History of Singapore – Islands and Islanders.
Investigator, Consultant and Expert Witness for legal cases (litigation and arbitration)
Expert analyst and Apportionment of blame for Collisions (Principal Author of collision law)
Ex-IMO/ASEAN Legal Advisor/Consultant on Maritime Legislation and Safety
Maritime Law and Dispute Resolution
Risk Profiling, Shipbroking and Maritime Trade
Maritime Safety and Security
Master Mariner – CoC Class 1 Foreign Going unlimited (Australia)
LL.M (Master of Laws – Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs, UK)
Hon Professor – Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University (Russia)
2020: Panel member – Ministry of Defence Requisition of Resources Compensation Board
2019: National Day Award – Long Service Medal (25 years – Ministry of Education)
2019: Singapore Red Cross Champion of Champions Award (150 blood donations)
2017: Ministry of Education – Service to Education Award (School Advisory Board)
2017: National Council of Social Service Long Service Award (Mission to Seafarers)
2015: Ministry of Education Innergy Bronze Award (SMA-Russia-Brunei project)
2006: SP RnD Commendation Award (designer and project leader – SEACIL)
2004: SP Creative & Innovation Award (invented Insert Biological Sump Filtration)
2000-2004: Panel Member (vessels) Ministry of Defence – Requisition of Resources Board
1997: Steven Covey 7-Habits of Highly Effective Leaders – Golden Goose Award
1994: Port of Singapore Authority Commendable Act Award (rescue at sea)
1993: USCG (United States Coast Guard) Public Service Commendation (rescue at sea)
1981: Outstanding Soldier Award – Republic of Singapore Navy (national service)
1979: Best Recruit (Basic Military Training) – Singapore Armed Forces
2020: Published article ‘Time to simplify the COLREGs to accommodate Multiple ship situations and Technology – The Singapore Nautical Institute e-Journal September 2020
2019: Inauguration and Keynote speech on Fuels – Methanol Commercial & Technical Seminar
2019: Presentation on ‘Embracing Changes’ – New Paradigm on Maritime Safety (Germany)
2019: Published paper ‘A Review of the current Collision Regulations for MASS’ (Norway)
2019: Published paper ‘Addressing the Legal Framework to accommodate MASS’ (China)
2019: Published paper ‘Addressing COLREGs to accommodate multiple ship situations’ (Russia)
2018: Published paper ‘From a Navigating Navigator to an AI Navigator’ (Sgp Nautical Journal)
*many legal papers on maritime law, pedagogy, marine environment, etc for the last 22 years.
Professor / Captain Frederick Francis
Hon Professor, Master Mariner, LLM
- Professional Experience
- Areas of Expertise
- Professional Qualifications
- Awards & Recognitions
- Key Research Papers
A veteran seafarer, educator, consultant and researcher with a focused range of expertise.
Started sea career as a deck cadet officer and rose up the ranks to master at the age of 29. Commanded nine ships before stepping ashore and joined the Singapore Polytechnic.
Under a scholarship, read law in the UK and awarded distinction for the dissertation.
Currently, the Assistant Centre Director of the Centre of Excellence in Maritime Safety, Singapore Polytechnic and several other portfolios at the Singapore Maritime Academy.
Provides international consultancy, and serves on several professional bodies. Current president of the Singapore Nautical Institute and the World Maritime Heritage Society.
Written and published eight books including Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore (Shipping), Guide to Safe Navigation in the Singapore Strait, and History of Singapore – Islands and Islanders.
Investigator, Consultant and Expert Witness for legal cases (litigation and arbitration)
Expert analyst and Apportionment of blame for Collisions (Principal Author of collision law)
Ex-IMO/ASEAN Legal Advisor/Consultant on Maritime Legislation and Safety
Maritime Law and Dispute Resolution
Risk Profiling, Shipbroking and Maritime Trade
Maritime Safety and Security
Master Mariner – CoC Class 1 Foreign Going unlimited (Australia)
LL.M (Master of Laws – Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs, UK)
Hon Professor – Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University (Russia)
2020: Panel member – Ministry of Defence Requisition of Resources Compensation Board
2019: National Day Award – Long Service Medal (25 years – Ministry of Education)
2019: Singapore Red Cross Champion of Champions Award (150 blood donations)
2017: Ministry of Education – Service to Education Award (School Advisory Board)
2017: National Council of Social Service Long Service Award (Mission to Seafarers)
2015: Ministry of Education Innergy Bronze Award (SMA-Russia-Brunei project)
2006: SP RnD Commendation Award (designer and project leader – SEACIL)
2004: SP Creative & Innovation Award (invented Insert Biological Sump Filtration)
2000-2004: Panel Member (vessels) Ministry of Defence – Requisition of Resources Board
1997: Steven Covey 7-Habits of Highly Effective Leaders – Golden Goose Award
1994: Port of Singapore Authority Commendable Act Award (rescue at sea)
1993: USCG (United States Coast Guard) Public Service Commendation (rescue at sea)
1981: Outstanding Soldier Award – Republic of Singapore Navy (national service)
1979: Best Recruit (Basic Military Training) – Singapore Armed Forces
2020: Published article ‘Time to simplify the COLREGs to accommodate Multiple ship situations and Technology – The Singapore Nautical Institute e-Journal September 2020
2019: Inauguration and Keynote speech on Fuels – Methanol Commercial & Technical Seminar
2019: Presentation on ‘Embracing Changes’ – New Paradigm on Maritime Safety (Germany)
2019: Published paper ‘A Review of the current Collision Regulations for MASS’ (Norway)
2019: Published paper ‘Addressing the Legal Framework to accommodate MASS’ (China)
2019: Published paper ‘Addressing COLREGs to accommodate multiple ship situations’ (Russia)
2018: Published paper ‘From a Navigating Navigator to an AI Navigator’ (Sgp Nautical Journal)
*many legal papers on maritime law, pedagogy, marine environment, etc for the last 22 years.
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