IAPH president Jens Meier (CEO, Hamburg Port Authority) is attending the Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation Forum (MPF) held 26-28 May in Ningbo, China. Jens was invited to deliver the main remarks during the opening ceremony of the Main Forum, scheduled for the morning of 27 May at Zhi Xing Hall of the Ningbo International Conference Center. In his remarks he emphasised that constant change was ‘the new normal’ for the sector and that no port, shipping company or country could manage transformation in isolation; he therefore called for fewer declarations and more action. He further emphasised that the theme of the IAPH World Ports Conference 2026 was ‘Port leadership for a brave new world’ – a sentiment that reflected a commitment to action. In closing, Jens expressed a wish to see many Chinese ports at the event. Prior to delivering his remarks, Jens attended the Multilateral Partnership Ports Conference as well as the CEO High-Level Roundtable Meeting on May 26.
