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IAPH co-organised Pan-African ports conference

April 22, 2024

The 2024 Pan African Ports Cooperation Conference took place Thursday and Friday last week in Libreville, Gabon. The event was organised jointly by IAPH and the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA). It included in-person interventions by IAPH director od strategy and communications Victor Shieh, Manfred Lebmeierof Hamburg Port Authority on the IAPH Environmental Ship Index, Luisa Antonia Rodriguez Ortega of UNCTAD on their Smart Sustainable Ports project with three A

IAPH spoke at PorTech Asia conference

April 22, 2024

IAPH vice-president for Asia, Masaharu Shinohara, represented IAPH at the 2024 PorTech Asia Conference, which was held in Shanghai from 10-11 April. He delivered a keynote address on IAPH’s initiatives towards sustainable port development, in which he outlined the scope and projects of theWorld Ports Sustainability Program(WPSP) and IAPH’s specific actions and initiatives in the field of climate and energy, data collaboration, and risk and resilience. You can download the presentationhere. Thi

Joint open letter to the UN Secretary general following the seizure of the MSC Aries

April 19, 2024

Yesterday, a joint open letter was sent to the United Nations Secretary General – His Excellency Antonio Guterres – calling for assistance following the seizure of the MSC Aries on Saturday 13 April. 13 maritime industry associations and social partners (BIMCO, CLIA, ECSA, INTERCARGO, INTERTANKO, IAPH, ICS, IFSMA, IMEC, IPTA, ITF, FONASBA and WSC) have co-signed a letter urgently calling for all member states to be formally reminded of their responsibilities under international law, and ask f

Welcome! A1 Auto Transport from USA

April 10, 2024

We are pleased to announce that A1 Auto Transport has joined the IAPH as an associate member. A1 Auto Transport is a leader in the car shipping industry. It is engaged not only in domestic transport but also in shipping to foreign countries. It operates in more than 190 countries, making it a global service provider. It owns and operates over 30 modern car-carrying trailers equipped with satellite tracking through a network of more than 40 terminal facilities throughout the United States.

Last chance to register for International Port Strategy course

April 05, 2024

IAPH and its associate membersC-MAT Antwerp Management SchoolandAPEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center, are jointly organising the fourth edition of the International Port Strategy course for port professionals. The course combines interactive online sessions onenergy transition,port resilienceanddigitalisationfrom 15 April to 10 May, followed by a live week in Antwerp from 13 to 17 May. During the online sessions, international port and maritime experts from around the globe will share thei

Vinicius Patel elected IAPH VP for Central and South America

April 05, 2024

In a regional by-election, IAPH members of the Central and South America region elected Vinicius Patel, director of port administration at Porto do Açu, Brazil, as their new vice-president. Vinicius comes with more than fifteen years of experience in the port, oil and gas, and logistics industries. He served as senior executive in companies such as Braskem and GranEnergia. and joined the Prumo Group in 2017 to help set up DOME Serviços Integrados, a joint venture between Prumo Logística and Gran

#IAPH2024 agenda announced and Early Bird extended

April 05, 2024

We are excited to introduce the agenda of the 2024 IAPH World Ports Conference, which will be held in Hamburg 8-10 October. Organised in partnership with Mercator Media and host sponsor Hamburg Port Authority, the agenda consists of three days of plenary and breakout sessions as well as our very first series of hands-on ‘port solution’ excursions, held this year at Hamburg’s cruise and container terminals. In addition, there will be a possibility to play the IAPH Port Endeavor sustainability bus

IAPH TC Days successfully held in London 

April 05, 2024

Last week IAPH held its Technical Committee Days in London for a second year in a row, with over 50 participants attending in person and approximately 150 members connecting to our thematic sessions on resilience, data collaboration and energy transition, as well as the committee meetings themselves. In addition to the IAPH regular ports and associate members, several UN agencies attended as speakers and participants, including IMO technical officers from marine environment, trade facilitation a

IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group met in London

April 05, 2024

Chaired by Cees Boon and Françoise van den Brink of the Port of Rotterdam, the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group held its own meeting after the IAPH Technical Committee Days last week, in order to set out a work agenda for the coming months. The period will be very busy, with the updating of, and production of, numerous new bunkering checklists, and the development of audit and terminal readiness tools that can be applied across different fuels. In discussion with the IAPH team, the working

IAPH to present five submissions at IMO FAL 48

April 05, 2024

IAPH will be attending the 48th meeting of the IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 48) which is taking place from 8-12 April at the IMO headquarters in London. Rhona Macdonald, Patrick Verhoeven and Frans Van Zoelen will be representing the association. This session is of particular importance as we have a total of five submissions on a number of topics that highlight the need to increase cooperation and improve efficiency between port authorities and other critical actors in the ship-to-shore inter

IAPH to participate in IMO MASS seminar

April 05, 2024

During the FAL Committee next week, IAPH will also be participating in a seminar on the implications, challenges and opportunities of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) for ports and public authorities. The seminar will be held in the afternoon of 11 April, from 2.30-4 pm and consists of two sessions. The first session will provide the technology developers’ perspective, with contributions from ABB Norway, MacGregor and Massterly. The second session brings the ports’ perspective and will b

IAPH presented on PCS at WMU course

April 05, 2024

Earlier this week, the chairman of the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee, Pascal Ollivier, took part in a course of the World Maritime University on port operations and technology. Pascal joined colleagues of the World Bank in presenting the findings of the jointIAPH–World Bank report on Port Community Systems–Lessons from Global Experienceto students of the WMU Master of Science in Maritime Affairs programme, specialising in port management. The course marked the first dissemination of the IAPH

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