The MEDPorts 2026 Forum took place at the Port of Marseille-Fos, 20-21 May, focusing on the theme of ‘Resilient logistics and green corridors’. IAPH technical director Antonis Michail joined Hervé Martel, CEO and chairman of the executive board at Marseille Fos Port Authority, and David Magro, president of the MEDPorts Association, in opening the forum and welcoming the participants. IAPH members and CMF/PRL contributors, Françoise van den Brink (Port of Rotterdam), Daniel Ruiz (Port of Barcelona) and Sarah Ogier (Port of Seattle) participated in dedicated panel discussions on clean fuels and green corridors, offering their ports’ perspectives and highlighting links with IAPH’s work on clean marine fuels readiness. The day before the forum began, an evening event hosted by the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille was held at the Marseille business club Le 29. Themed around ‘Geopolitics of Strategic Flows and Corridors: Challenges for the Mediterranean and International Trade,’ the event included an informal ‘fireside chat’ between IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven and Margi Van Gogh, head, Supply Chain and Transportation Industry at the World Economic Forum. They discussed the ways in which ports are demonstrating their agility and capacity for innovation by accelerating their decarbonisation and digitalisation processes.
Mark Assaf, chief, HRD section, UNCTAD TrainForTrade; Patrick Verhoeven, MD of IAPH; and Ashwani Gupta, CEO of Adani Ports
