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Countdown to #IAPH2025: Golden Jubilee celebrations

May 30, 2025

IAPH’s Golden Jubilee year began with a celebration in Tokyo on 14 January 2005. Some 400 delegates were present at the event, which commemorated the association’smilestoneachievements (with a congratulatory address from Japan’s minister of land, infrastructure and transport) but also provided a moment for solemn reflection on the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, which took place less than a month earlier. The association also responded to the disaster by encouraging members ‘to develop gu

Member Ports News(95)

May 29, 2025

Europe and Africa Region 2-May Port Autonome de San Pedro: May 1st Celebrations: PASP Focuses on Solidarity and Sustainability 6-May Port Esbjerg: The shipping channel has now been deepened, which increases the capacity and potential of the Port of Esbjerg. 13-May Port Autonome de Cotonou: REPORTING OF THE RESULTS OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF THE PORT OF COTONOU 15-May HAROPA PORT: BREEZE: an European cooperation to accelerate port electrification 16-May Freeport of Riga Auth

World Maritime News (103)

May 28, 2025

EU rules a game changer for fully electric ferries, says Kongsberg According to marine technology firm Kongsberg Maritime, EU green regulations are making fully electric shortsea shipping a real possibility. Strategy and business development vice-president Oskar Levander said rewards from selling overcompliance with the FuelEU Maritime standard had changed the game, alongside the new EU Emissions Trading Scheme costs and cheaper batteries. Levander estimated the annual cost of a 2,000 lm ro-pax

Welcome! Sohar Industrial Port Company from Oman

May 27, 2025

We are pleased to announce that Sohar Industrial Port Company has joined the IAPH as a regular member. Sohar Industrial Port Company (SIPC) manages Sohar Port and Freezone, a major deep-sea port and adjacent free zone in Sohar, Oman. SIPC is a 50:50 joint venture between the Government of Oman and the Port of Rotterdam. The port is strategically positioned between Dubai and Muscat, making it a key hub for global trade routes between Europe and Asia. Sohar Port handles various cargo, includin

Packed May-June Ports & Harbors available to all

May 16, 2025

The May-June issue ofPorts & Harborsmagazine is out now. The cover interview is with Professor Maximo Q Mejia Jr, president of the World Maritime University (WMU), who talks to IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven about educating the port industry professionals of the future. This issue also features an interview with the chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Sirimevan Ranasinghe, who highlights the challenges and opportunities facing ports in the South Asia region. Also in this issue:

Development financing will be a key theme at #IAPH2025

May 16, 2025

In a constantly changing economic and geopolitical environment, there is one constant: ports need financing to sustain their needs and to grow. At the #IAPH2025 World Ports Conference taking place from 7–9 October 2025 in Kobe, Japan, the global development financing community will play a major role in the discussions. These organisations are key enablers for ports to develop their physical and digital infrastructure as part of the energy transition. Their support can also improve the efficient

Preliminary agenda released for Kobe TC meetings

May 16, 2025

A preliminary agenda has been released for the next IAPH Technical Committee meetings, which will be held on Monday6th October 2025, the day before theofficial openingof the IAPH World Ports Conference. There will be meetings of theClimate & Energy,Risk & Resilience,Data Collaboration,CruiseandPlanning, Operation and Financecommittees, as well as meetings ofthe steering groups of the Climate & Energy and Data Collaboration committees. The day will conclude with an IAPH Council meeting. The pre

Register for next week’s State of Ports webinar

May 16, 2025

Time is running out to register for the next #IAPH2025webinar,which will mark the launch of the upgraded IAPH World Ports Tracker, based on a comprehensive global survey of more than 80 IAPH port members. The webinar, titledAn Annual ‘State of Ports’ Industry Report: IAPH 2025 World Ports Tracker Briefing on Sustainability and Market Trendswill be held on 23 May 14:00 BST / 15:00 CET. Maritime economistsProfessors Theo NotteboomandThanos Palliswill share key findings on port priorities across

Countdown to #IAPH2025: strengthening port security

May 16, 2025

With Y2K havingpassed without incidentfor the world’s ports, IAPH looked to the new century with optimism, reflected in theplayfultheme of its 22nd conference: 2001:A Maritime Odyssey. Held in May, the conference returned to Montreal for the first time in three decades. Forward-looking topics on the agenda included ‘the World Economy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium’ yet, less than four months later, any preconceptions about the future were upended by the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washingt

World Maritime News (102)

May 14, 2025

Container trade braced for negative growth if US-China trade war persists Container trade growth for 2025 could fall into negative territory if the Sino-U.S. trade war drags on for more than a quarter, as Beijing signals a willingness to talk. In its latest market report, Clarksons pointed out that if the current high tariffs continue for around three more months before the two countries reach some kind of easing agreement, then the main flows of this vital transpacific trade will slide 10% ove

Member Ports News(94)

May 14, 2025

Europe and Africa Region 15-Apr Port Autonome de Dakar (Dakar Port Authority): PAD/Dutch Delegation meeting on the theme of Security, Safety and Migration 23-Apr Port of Bergen: Lisbon Port becomes first Southern European user of Bergen-developed environmental tool 24-Apr Belfast Harbour Commissioners: WORK COMMENCES ON BELFAST HARBOUR’S LARGEST EVER PORT INVESTMENT PROJECT TO CREATE NEW CRUISE AND OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY TERMINAL Port of Helsinki Ltd: Cruise Finland makes Finland

Welcome! Port Authority of Thailand

May 09, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the Port Authority of Thailand has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) is a government agency responsible for regulating and managing ports in Thailand. It primarily operates Laem Chabang Port and Bangkok Port. Established in 1951, PAT falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport. Laem Chabang Port is Thailand's main deep-sea port, constructed to alleviate congestion at Bangkok Port, which is located on the ea