IAPH Board members met in London on Monday for their second quarterly meeting of the year. IAPH president Jens Meier and board members Abubakar Dantsoho (VP for Africa), Marika Calfas (VP for Southeast Asia and Oceania) and Ichio Motono (VP for Asia, South/West, East & Middle East) participated in person. Board members Vinicius Patel (VP for America, Central & South) and Gene Seroka (VP for America, North) attended remotely. Managing director Patrick Verhoeven and secretary-general Masahiko Furuichi provided the Board with the quarterly management report, covering the financial situation, membership development, the new management framework of the Environmental Ship Index, implementation of the 2026 work programme, the World Ports Sustainability Program as well as upcoming events, including the World Ports Conference. Board members appointed Peter Van Parys (North Sea Port) and Fabian Steinmann (Cranfield University) as chair and vice chair of the Risk and Resilience Committee. Peter Van Parys will officially take over from the incumbent chair, Niels Vanlaer (Port of Antwerp-Bruges) in November. Prior to the meeting, the Board had an exchange of views with IMO secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez on progress with the IMO Net Zero Framework, the review of the ISPS Code, and the implementation in ports of the recently adopted Code on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS Code). The day was concluded with a convivial dinner with the new chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, John Denholm, and ICS’s secretary-general Thomas Kazakos and chief of staff Laura Worley.
(l-r) Patrick Verhoeven, Rhona Macdonald, Jens Meier, Arsenio Dominguez, Marika Calfas, Ichio Motono
(l-r) Arsenio Dominguez, Masahiko Furuichi, Ichio Motono, Marika Calfas, Jens Meier, Patrick Verhoeven, Rhona Macdonald, Abubakar Dantsoho
