News

December 16, 2022

Last Thursday, IAPH's partnerAntwerp & Flanders Port Training Center(APEC) gathered participants to play a final round of our World Ports Sustainability Program UN SDG game Port Endeavor this year as part of its marketing and business development course for international port professionals. These included executives from the port authorities of Rio de Janeiro, Gdańsk,Suriname and Luanda, plus representatives from Thailand, Kenya, Gambia, Tanzania and Thailand Ports Authorities,Jordan Maritime Co

A window of opportunities for shipping and ports – IMO – IAPH-BIMCO Maritime Single Window Hybrid Symposium 18 – 19 January

December 15, 2022

NEWS & EVENTS News

With a deadline of 1 January 2024 set for IMO member states to implement a Maritime Single Window system in their ports, a genuine window of opportunities is now emerging for shipping and ports to use robust international standards to communicate between ships and shore, improving port call efficiencies and ultimately reducing emissions. International Maritime Organization, IAPH and BIMCO are organising a hybrid symposium with support from IPCSA at the iconic IMO Headquarters in London. The even

Request on active participation in technical committee activities of IAPH

December 15, 2022

News

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well. We are writing to inform you about the decisions that the IAPH Board took during the Board Meeting in London on 28 November 2022, asking your active participation in technical committee activities of IAPH. The Board recognized that three strategic technical committees; 1) climate and energy, 2) data collaboration and 3) risk and resilience have made significant achievements since 2020, mainly owing to the greatest e

New IAPH Membership dues starting from 2023

December 15, 2022

News

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well under the present circumstances. First of all, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of our association for long years. The membership dues of IAPH have not been adjusted during the past 25 years. Recent high inflation rates have however made it apparent that a price adjustment of our membership dues is necessary, for our organization to be financially sustainable and healthy. That is why the IAPH Board decided

IAPH president visited UNCTAD headquarters in Geneva

December 02, 2022

News

IAPH president Capt K. Subramaniam was invited to attend a session on the geography of trade and the role of supply chains, including ports, during the annual meeting of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Commission, which was held last week at the UNCTAD headquarters in Geneva. Inhis presentation, Capt Subra discussed the significance of maritime transport for international trade, the changes and evolutions in maritime trade and the role of ports. He emphasised ongoing disruptions in maritime sup

IAPH Board and Council met at IMO headquarters in London

December 02, 2022

News

Members of the IAPH Board and Council gatheredin person earlier this week at the IMO headquarters in London. On Monday, Board members met with IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim and his leadership team, exchanging views on international regulatory priorities regarding decarbonisation of shipping and the introduction of the maritime single window. The IMO secretary-general expressed his appreciation for the pro-active role IAPH playsin supporting the IMO agenda. Board members then proceeded with th

IAPH attended Smart Ports conference in Barcelona

December 02, 2022

News

IAPH attended theSmart Ports: Piers of the Futureconference in Barcelona from 15 to 17 November, a hugely successful event co-organised by the Port of Barcelona and ChainPort partner ports, that attracted 4000 viewers. IAPH technical directorAntonis Michail moderated a session on decarbonisation and respective emerging port business models. In a lively panel discussion set-up, Antonis addressed the topic together with Elvir Dzanic, president and CEO of the Port of Gothenburg, Hector Calls, head

Register now for Maritime Single Window symposium

December 02, 2022

News

Registration is now open for IAPH regular and associate members who are interested in attending the joint IMO-IAPH-BIMCO symposium being organised at the IMO headquarters in London on 18-19 January,just under one year before the 2024 deadline for member states to implementthe IMO Maritime Single Window requirement. Practical case studies of successful single windows and useful tools and guidelines to support implementationwill be offered at the symposium. It followsthe recent webinarexplaining

Results IAPH Climate and Energy committee meeting

December 02, 2022

News

The IAPH Climate and Energy committee met virtually on 10 November during a well-attended session by more than forty IAPH members. Central item on the agenda was the decarbonisation of shipping and the preparation of the respective IAPH input and viewpoints ahead of the forthcoming IMO meetings, the intersessional working group on GHG (ISWG-GHG 13) on 5-9 December and MEPC 79 on 12-16 December. The committee reflected in particular on market-based measures, the revision of the IMO GHG strategy,

Calling all cruise ports: join our OPS survey

December 02, 2022

News

The IAPH Cruise Committee has set itself the task to create an overview of current and concretely planned onshore power supply (OPS) installations in cruise ports worldwide. To facilitate this process,an online surveyhas been created. Results are intended for internal use in the IAPH Cruise Committee and individual responses will be treated confidentially. We encourage all cruise ports to take the survey. Even if your port currently doesn’t have OPS installations or no concrete plans to invest i

Next Harbor Café on robotics and pollution prevention

December 02, 2022

News

Our final IAPH Africa and EuropeRegion Harbor Café for the year will happen online on Friday 9 December between 9.00 and 10.30 AMCET. Again they will be co-hosted by our vice-president for Europe Jens Meier and Africa vice-presidentMichael Luguje. This time our port members will explore various innovations overcoming surface water and debris pollution through robotics andautomationin a port. We will be having case study showcases in the air, on the water and underwater from the Ports of Hamburg

Mr. Eranda Kotelawala, Solomon Islands Ports Authority, was selected as Vice President for the Asia, South East and Oceania Region (2021-2023)

November 22, 2022

News

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Eranda Kotelawala, CEO of Solomon Islands Ports Authority, Solomon Islands was elected as Vice President for the Asia, South East and Oceania Region by the vote of confidence to fill the vacancy of the position. Based on Article 21 of the IAPH Constitution, he shall take office on November 22, 2022, until Annual General Meeting during the IAPH World Ports Conference in 2023. We hope he will contribute to the activities of the IAPH.