SINGAPORE, 14 October 2026: SATS-Creuers Cruise Services (SCCS), which operates Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS), one of Asia’s busiest cruise terminals, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore’s National Arts Council (NAC) to bring the arts to life within the terminal.
The three-year partnership will bring Singapore’s arts into one of the country’s key international gateways. Following MBCCS’s expansion last year, its increased capacity also gives Singapore artists opportunities to reach a growing, diverse audience of cruise travellers.
SATS-Creuers CEO Gregory Tan commented: “MBCCS’s position as Asia’s premier cruise terminal makes it the natural gateway to introduce travellers to Singapore’s unique culture and heritage from the moment they arrive on our shores.
Through our partnership with NAC, we hope to broaden the reach of our local arts community and create meaningful opportunities for home-grown talents. We are honoured to showcase the very best of Singapore to all who pass through our terminal.”
Over the next three years, MBCCS will progressively introduce performing and visual arts activations in the terminal as well as multicultural musical performances during peak cruise periods that coincide with maiden calls, major festivals and local school holidays.
New and existing wall spaces across MBCCS will gradually feature contemporary murals, creating a multicultural storytelling experience for terminal visitors.
“The arts can be experienced in many different places, and partnerships like this allow us to create more opportunities for Singapore artists to share their work with new audiences.
By bringing the arts into MBCCS, we hope that more travellers will encounter and connect with the diversity of Singapore’s arts and culture as part of their journey, and discover Singapore through the work and perspectives of our artists,” said NAC Deputy CEO Lynette Pang.
Mural Manifest
The partnership builds on arts activations already piloted at the cruise centre, including a new mural titled Manifest by local artist Eunice Hannah Lim, which ties together Singapore’s rich maritime history and cultural heritage.
An animated version of Manifest will greet passengers at the newly expanded terminal and lead them to the full mural, where symbolic sea creatures and maritime and cultural motifs invite visitors to reflect on Singapore’s enduring relationship with the ocean.
SCCS and NAC envision this to be the first of several collaborations with local artists, with more arts activations to be introduced at the terminal over the three-year partnership.
About SATS-Creuers Cruise Services
SATS-Creuers Cruise Services (SCCS) is the terminal operator of Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore. SCCS is a 60:40 joint venture between SATS, the leading provider of gateway services and food solutions in Singapore, and Creuers del Port de Barcelona (Creuers), a terminal operator of Europe’s leading cruise home port and a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world’s largest cruise port operator.
(Source: SCCS)
