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IAPH and Mercator Media announce #IAPH2025 webinars

January 23, 2025

IAPH and Mercator Media are excited to announce the details of the #IAPH2025 webinar series, leading up to theWorld Ports Conferencetaking place in Kobe, Japan on 7-9 October 2025! These webinars will keep members informed on hot topics due for discussion this October, when industry-leading speakers will gather in Kobe for the association’s 70th anniversary conference. Each webinar will cover one or more of the areas of interest of theWorld Ports Sustainability Program. The topics for this serie

Ports and Harbors sets the agenda for 2025

January 23, 2025

The January-February issue of Ports & Harbors, the membership magazine of the IAPH, has just been published. In this first edition of the magazine for 2025, Port of Antwerp-Bruges CEO Jacques Vandermeiren addresses some of the many challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the coming year.Recently electedas the IAPH regional vice president for Europe, he speaks about building ports' resilience, sustainability and their role in the energy transition. He also outlines his port’s work in

Countdown to #IAPH2025: Mayor of Kobe takes the helm

January 23, 2025

IAPH returned home to Japan for its 1967 conference held in Tokyo – an event that was approached as a matter of national importance by the Japanese government. The minister of transport was appointed as chairman of the organising committee and 20 IAPH representatives were received by the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace. Appropriately, the conference saw the mayor of Kobe, Dr Chujiro Haraguchi (pictured), elected president of IAPH. Haraguchi had been instrumental in Kobe’s selection

ESI transition team appointed

January 23, 2025

The IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) stands on the eve of amajor transition, both in terms of its content development and internal organisation. These changes will see an expanded suite of performance modules to support ports and vessel owners on the journey to decarbonisation and lowering emissions. Coming online in January 2026, ESI’s revised and expanded offering will take into account a range of potential emissions, introduce a newGHG methodology, and reward innovation and application o

World Maritime News (94)

January 22, 2025

Singapore breaks bunker sales record Bunker sales in Singapore registered a new high of 54.92m tonnes in 2024, an increase of 6% on 2023's figure. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the world's biggest bunkering hub supplied more than a sixth of the total fuel used by global shipping last year. Alternative bunker sales topped 1m tonnes for the first time, reaching 1.3m in 2024. The more than 100% increase in 2023 was driven mainly by biofuel blend sales, which grew from

Member Ports News(88)

January 22, 2025

Europe and Africa Region 20-Dec Durrës Port Authority: 5G technology in focus of APD trainings 4-Jan Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority: GPHA Commissions Two Damen Tugboats to Boost Marine Operations at the Ports 6-Jan Port of Bergen: More cruise tourists to Bergen this year 8-Jan Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Ports of Tenerife): Puertos de Tenerife joins the Net Zero Sea Alliance to promote sustainability and achieve carbon neutrality 9-Jan APS- Administra

Fernanda Sossai appointed as new vice chair of C&E

January 10, 2025

Following nomination and approval from the IAPH board,Fernanda SossaiofPorto do Açuwas appointedvice chair of the IAPH Climate and Energy technical committee. Fernanda steps into the place of thenewly appointed chairof the same committee, Port of Gotherburg’s Edvard Molitor. Fernanda heads up port development and ESG at the Port of Açu in Brazil and has been involved inmany of the projectssubmitted by the port to the IAPH World Ports Sustainability Program, several of which have been eitherwin

IAPH website gets an upgrade

January 10, 2025

Following the collective efforts of the IAPH team, the IAPH website (iaphworldports.org) has been updated and upgraded for both members and public users. Thepublic areahas been revamped with comprehensive sections for Climate and Energy, Data Collaboration and Risk and Resilience, which contain reports and topics arranged by categories. Our regular members are describedin detail by regionon the members section, with hyperlinks to the websites of all our associate members,also by region.There i

Countdown to #IAPH2025: 1965 milestone in London

January 10, 2025

Three organisational factors make IAPH an effective representational body for world ports: its standing as a recognised NGO, its consultative status with crucial international organisations, and the fact that it operates on a truly global basis. In the association’sinfancy, each of these features represented a long-term institutional goal, and all three milestones were reached around the time of the organisation’s 10th anniversary – marked by the Fourth Conference of the IAPH, which took place i

Latest ESI scores published

January 10, 2025

The latest scores of the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) were published by the scheme administrator Green Award Foundation on 1 January. The number of vessels with an ESI score of 20 or above is at 4,859, whereas the total number of vessels in the ESI database is at 6,505. The average ESI score is 31.9. The number of incentive providers now stands at 75. Is your port ready to join ESI? If so, find out more onthe ESI websiteor contact IAPH’s ESI liaison,Takeshi Suzuki.

Member Ports News(87)

January 09, 2025

Europe and Africa Region 10-Dec Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company: On the occasion of its 10th anniversary the RIS Center in Ruse welcomes visitors 16-Dec Hamburg Port Authority: CTA receives Hamburg’s first remote-controlled container gantry cranes Ports of Cabo Verde: Porto da Praia explores new market niche with strategic partnership 17-Dec Oslo Port Authority: Oslo has a unique green energy station for heavy transport Port of London Authority: Tidal Thames Masterpla

World Maritime News (93)

January 08, 2025

Busan to undergo $10bn transformation into ‘megaport’ South Korea will invest 14trn Won ($9.8bn) to transform Busan into the world’s biggest container port. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced plans for the country’s biggest port today, which include building an entirely new port near Jinhae. When unified with Busan, the ministry said the so-called “megaport” would be the world’s biggest. When the project is completed in 2045, Busan will be able to berth 30,000 teu vessels, larger th