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March 04, 2022

Ukrainian ports are in the frontline of the conflict The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) stands with the people of Ukraine in the escalating humanitarian crisis the war is causing in their country and beyond. We fully support the calls of the UN and other international institutions for hostilities to cease immediately and we share the concern of the IMO about the impact the war has on people engaged in legitimate trade, including port workers, seafarers and their families.

#IAPH2022: Vancouver is ready to welcome you!

March 04, 2022

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With less than three months to go before #IAPH2022 kicks off, IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven is in Vancouver this week, to prepare what will be the first in person World Ports Conference since 2019. Together with Sheraer Abrahams, senior event manager at IHS Markit, our events partner, he visited theVancouver Convention Centre, where the conference will take place, the main conference hotels and other venues. Patrick and Shay also met with the team atPort of Vancouver, the event host s

#IAPH2022: an exciting programme awaits

March 04, 2022

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With fourfull days of live in person conference programming,#IAPH2022will bring together leading port stakeholders in Vancouver, Canada, to#ClosetheGapsin global seaport competitiveness, setting an agenda to raise the performance of the world’s major port regions. The principal topics addressed at the conference include port performance and supply chain resilience, port innovation to facilitate cargo trade, ports as catalysts of energy transition and port leadership through diversity. The agenda

#ClosetheGaps pre-conference workshops continue

March 04, 2022

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Following a successful first series of #IAPH2022 regional pre-conference workshops held this month, the series resumes 15 March with a workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa. Our panel of senior experts includes Michael Luguje, director-general Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Bernard Osero, head of corporate affairs Kenya Ports Authority, Hassan Robleh Mahamoud, business development manager Port of Djibouti, Jens Norgaard, owner Norgaard Management & Consulting, Ilham Dounnajah, managing director Pr

Jury 2022 IAPH Sustainability Awards announced

March 04, 2022

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With the addition of port experts from China and Venezuela, representation for Asia and Latin America has been added to the eclectic mix of jury members for the IAPH Sustainability Awards. Academia, non-governmental organisations, research institutes, media, shipping, and former port executive management are all represented. Our esteemed jurists for 2022 (pictured below, left to right, top to bottom) are: Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, president of the World Maritime University, Dr Christopher Wool

IAPH Harbor Café opened for business

March 04, 2022

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On February 21 we launched the IAPH Harbor Café online forumfor an informal discussion on port cybersecurity which featured IAPH experts from Singapore, Ghana, Israel, France and the United States with participating ports from Germany, Morocco, Maldives, Cabo Verde, Japan and the US as well guests from Qatar, Panama and other countries. Questions to our cyber experts included how to get stakeholder buy-in at local and national level of the importance of dealing with cyberthreats at ports. Time w

Kick-off meeting ESI ‘at berth’ module held

March 04, 2022

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The process to build a new ‘at berth’ module for theIAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI)has commenced. The new module will focus on the environmental performance of ships at berth for each port call. An online kick-off meeting by the project team was held 21 February. The module will initially focus on cruise shipping and will be funded by contributions from major cruise ports and IAPH. It will develop in two phases, starting with the reporting model, followed by the development of an at berth pe

Welcome! Port of London Authority from the UK

March 02, 2022

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We are pleased to announce that the Port of London Authority has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The Port of London Authority (PLA) is the custodian of the tidal Thames, 95 miles of river from Teddington Lock to the North Sea. The PLA has no shareholders and operates for the benefit of customers and stakeholders now and in the future. The PLA works to keep commercial and leisure users safe, protect and enhance the environment, and promote the use of the river for trade and travel. For m

IAPH Environmental Ship Index to include new module of ships at berth

February 25, 2022

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New module to focus on environmental performance of ships at berth for each port call IAPH is pleased to announce that the process to build a new module for theIAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI)has commenced. The new module will focus on the environmental performance of ships at berth for each port call. An online kick-off meeting by the project team was held yesterday, Monday 21 February. The module will initially focus on cruise shipping and will be funded by contributions from major crui

#IAPH2022: Asia closes pre-conference workshop series

March 25, 2022

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As this Insider gets published the penultimate #IAPH2022 regional pre-conference workshop is underway covering the Middle East, Central and South Asia. The last workshop will be held 29 March, zooming in on the competitiveness of East Asian ports. Our panel of senior experts includes Anne-Sophie Zerlang Karlsen, head of operations for Asia-Pacific at A.P. Møller-Maersk, Roberto Gianetta, chairman of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association, Sunny Ho, executive director at the Hong Kong Shippers

Welcome! Port Network Authority of the Ionian Sea – Port of Taranto from Italy

February 24, 2022

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We are pleased to announce that the Port Network Authority of the Ionian Sea, the governing body of the Port of Taranto, has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The Port of Taranto locates strategically in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, with only 172 nautical miles from the main shipping route between Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. The Authority identifies itself as the key player in the revival of the port and logistics system of the Ionian province by introducing a series of actions aim

One Ocean Summit Brest 2022 – Joint commitment of port stakeholders to reduce the environmental impact of port calls

February 21, 2022

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The One Ocean Summit Brest 2022 declared their joint commitment including the ESI program on February 11, 2022. IAPH is now encouraged to broadly disseminate the ESI program to the port communities worldwide in the years to come. (Excerpt) The port authorities, representing the main maritime entry points of the countries represented at the One Ocean Summit, the terminal operators as well as the financial institutions signatories, declare their common commitment: - To make their best efforts