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Europe-based IAPH team members meet in London

June 27, 2025

IAPH colleagues based in Athens, Antwerp, Brussels, London and Plymouth convened on 24-25 Juneto discuss strategic priorities for the rest of 2025. The two-day meeting took place at IAPH’s shared office with the British Ports Association at 30 Park Street on the South Bank in London. Among the issues discussed by the seven Europe-basedteam memberswere regional membership outreach, areas of strategic focus arising from the recentIAPH World Ports Tracker 2025 – sustainability and market trendsrepo

Indian ports convene for special IAPH update

June 27, 2025

IAPH’sIndian membersgathered to participate ina special online meeting on Tuesday 24 June, in which IAPH team members provided a 90-minute mid-year membership update. Led off by introductions from managing director Patrick Verhoeven and secretary general Masahiko Furuichi, colleagues from both the European and Japanese IAPH teams presented an extensive agenda. Areas covered in the interactive session included IAPH’s advocacy at the IMO, the association’s decarbonisation tools for ports, the Wo

Countdown to #IAPH2025: Smart ports, smart choices

June 27, 2025

IAPH made a triumphant return to its birthplace in May 2013: the 28th edition of its biannual ports conference was held in Los Angeles. This was the scene ofthe association’s founding, and of thesecondInternational Ports and Harbor conference in 1955. Nearly six decades later, a different set of topics dominated the global maritime agenda. This was the era of shipping alliances – as operators sought partnerships to combat rising fuel costs and excess capacity – and of integrated port operating

Member Ports News(97)

June 25, 2025

Europe and Africa Region 13-Jun Grand Port Maritime de Marseille-GPMM (Marseille Fos Port Authority): The Port awards contract to HES Fos to operate Fos multi-track terminal 16-Jun APS- Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, SA: Port of Sines resumes Port Simplification Forum Port Esbjerg: A day of records when the Port of Esbjerg held its annual meeting Port of Luanda E.P.: The Port of Luanda was distinguished with the 2025 Diamond Quality Award by ESQR 17-Jun Oslo

World Maritime News (105)

June 25, 2025

Focus on boring decarbonisation solutions, not future fuels, say shipowners The article discusses the shipping industry's approach to decarbonization, emphasizing the importance of efficiency improvements over investing in future fuels, such as ammonia, methanol, and hydrogen. Key points are as follows: - Shipping is already highly efficient in terms of emissions per tonne of cargo carried. - Significant investment in future fuels is questioned due to a lack of clarity and high costs. - Ship

IAPH Europe seminar on securing critical infrastructure

June 20, 2025

Geopolitical tensions are driving a new era of strategic competition, which demands a reassessment of how critical port infrastructure is safeguarded against both physical and digital threats. On the initiative of Jacques Vandermeiren, IAPH vice-president for Europe and CEO of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, IAPH is organising an invitation-only high-level seminar on this topic for its port members in Europe. The seminar will bring together senior executives of port authorities as well as key stakeh

Upcoming IAPH technical committee meetings

June 20, 2025

Committee meetings for the IAPH Data Collaboration (DCC) and the Risk and Resilience (RRC) committees are scheduled for 30June and 3July respectively. The DCCcommittee meeting will be held in hybrid format from offices at the Port of Barcelona, 30 June 16:00-17:30CEST, with a Teams link for those unable to attend in person, while the RRCmeeting will be online only on 3July, 14.00-15.00 CEST. Topics to be discussed by the DCCinclude the dissemination of the new IAPH cyber resilienceguidelines for

The impact of Quantum and AI on port cybersecurity

June 20, 2025

The next IAPH - Mercator Media webinar will take place in just over two weeks. This time, the focus will be on two new emerging technologies and how their deployment at ports could impact cybersecurity. Artificial intelligence and quantum computing are just two of the technologies examined in the upcoming IAPH cyber resilience guidelines for emerging technologies in the maritime supply chain. These guidelines have been written by 28 authors including IAPH regular members, associate members and

Strong Asian presence at #IAPH2025

June 20, 2025

Those delegates from outside Asia-Pacificwho attend theupcoming IAPH 2025 World Ports Conference in Kobe will enjoy aunique opportunity to network with top speakers and representatives from the region. This includes the three senior executives comprising the openingplenary panelon day one, where they will addressthemain conference theme of 'reinventing trade to preserve prosperity in turbulent times'. In this session, attendees will receiveinsights from representatives of two of the largest sh

Countdown to #IAPH2025: From WPCI to ESI

June 20, 2025

As the 2000s ended, IAPHcontinued to focuson environmental care, even as the Great Recession buffeted the industry. “We should not allow rough economic weather to blow us off the course of sustainability,” urged secretary general Satoshi Inoue inPorts & Harborsmagazine, as 2009 began. He was reflecting on the launch of the World Ports Climate Initiative (WPCI) in Los Angeles two months previously. WPCI was designed for the global port community to work together to tackle climate change via six

Welcome! Naviera Urbasa from Spain

June 17, 2025

We are pleased to announce that Naviera Urbasa has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Naviera Urbasa is a bunker barge operator providing marine bunkering services, including LNG and fuel oil bunkering. It is part of the Ibaizabal Group, a provider of integrated ship management services to the international shipping and offshore industries. For more information, please visit the following website. https://www.grupoibaizabal.com/bunkers/

World Maritime News (104)

June 11, 2025

Northern Europe port congestion to last until at least August Container ports in Northern Europe, including Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg, are experiencing significant congestion, which is expected to last until at least August. The congestion is due to strong demand, alliance restructuring, industrial action, and other factors. Shipping lines such as Maersk, CMA CGM, and MSC are adjusting their schedules, extending transit times, and rerouting services to avoid the ports most severely affect