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IAPH supports industry glossary of climate change terms

July 08, 2022

IAPH has joined BIMCO, FONASBA, IFSMA, InterManager, INTERTANKO, IPTA and IUMI in publishing a climate change glossaryto clarify and harmonise definitions and terminology to ensure that discussions around climate change and potential solutions for the shipping industry are based on a mutual understanding of what the commonly used terms mean. Initiated and edited by BIMCO, the glossary is designed to contain encyclopaedic definitions. This means that the definition provides some elaboration and h

July-August edition of Ports & Harbors is out

July 07, 2022

The July-August editionof Ports & Harbors, the IAPH membership magazineproduced by S&P Global, is now available.Our cover interview is with Lori Fellmer, vice president of logistics and carrier management at BassTech International, a major US chemical supplier. Lori was a keynote speaker at our recent #IAPH2022 Conference in Vancouver. She offers us a unique view as a port user not only seen through her own eyes as an individual shipper, but also aschair of the ocean transportation committee of

July ESI scores published

July 06, 2022

The latest scores of the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) project were published on 1 July. Compared to the latest report (1 April), the number of vessels with an ESI score above 20 increased with 47 vessels, 4,855 vessels in total. And the total number of vessels in the ESI database also increased with 91 vessels, totalling at 6,981. The average ESI score is 29.3. The number of incentive providers is 59 as of 1 July. Is your port already part of the ESI programme? If not, find out moreon the

Welcome! SEMOP Port-la Nouvelle SA from France

July 01, 2022

We are pleased to announce that SEMOP Port-la Nouvelle SA joined the IAPH as a regular member. Port-la Nouvelle, located south of Narbonne in France, is a Mediterranean commercial port operating around 2 million tons yearly. The port handles mainly raw material and semi-finished products, including petroleum products, liquid bulk, cereals, dry bulk, breakbulk, and project cargoes. Besides developing a new deep-sea infrastructure to increase traffic and accommodate larger vessels, the port is in

Welcome! Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. (GSTS) from Canada

July 01, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. (GSTS) joined the IAPH as an associate member. Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. (GSTS) provides innovative decision-support solutions using Artificial Intelligence and Big Data analytics. GSTS is a world leader in Artificial Intelligence solutions in the maritime domain. The company’s predictive technologies empower future-friendly decision-making to help the maritime, energy, and security sectors navigate tomorrow

Press Release from IAPH Associate Member, IADC. SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS PUBLISHED TOGETHER WITH THE 2022 COST STANDARDS INDEXATION FOR DREDGING EQUIPMENT

June 28, 2022

Voorburg, The Netherlands, 28 June 2022 The annual indexation (2022) for A guide to cost standards for dredging equipment 2009 is now available. New in this year’s edition are the inclusion of sustainability factors. The dredging sector recognises the importance of working in a sustainable way and IADC (International Associations of Dredging Companies) promotes the industry’s vital role in the global sustainability transition and contribution to solutions for sustainability challenges. Th

IAPH and IMO partner up further on communications

June 24, 2022

With the number of joint initiatives and projects being planned and executed between IAPH and IMO on energy transition, trade facilitation and port call optimisation, IAPH communications director Victor Shieh finally visited IMO’s headquarters in London this week to meet up in person for the first time with social media and communications officer Karine Langlois. Both have been working together during the pandemic on various projects. Subjects discussed included communications around IMO’s Marin

Next Harbor Café sessions on hydrogen and innovation

June 24, 2022

The IAPH Harbor Café will open its doors again to member guests, allowing them to informally join with a drink online and discuss key trending topics of interest. The first upcoming café is co-organised by the IAPH Europe and Africa regions as a bi-regional session on24 June at 10.30 AM CEST. It will include perspectives from port authorities and companies that enable the production and transport of hydrogen. Member ports, associate IAPH members or organisations interested in taking part may con

First ports joined World Ports Tracker community

June 24, 2022

96 ports from eight worldregions became part of the IAPH World Ports Tracker community by responding to the first quarterly survey providing informationabout expected number of cargo vessel calls, current hinterland transport conditions, current capacity utilisation of warehouses and distribution facilities, cargo throughput expectations, cruise and passenger vessel call size and frequency as well as current staff availability. These ports will receive early July an exclusive in-depth analysis o

Successful first Port Endeavor gameplay in French

June 24, 2022

On 16 June Port Endeavor was used for the training of twenty port managers from West African ports (Togo, Mauritania, Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Cameroon) and the Port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire as part of a dedicatedTrainForTradeprogramme held in Nantes, France. This was the first time that a Port Endeavor session took place in French, building further on the cooperation between IAPH and the UNCTAD TrainForTrade programme. The session was co-hosted by TrainForTrade chief of human resources develo

Port Technology International hosted IAPH cyber experts

June 24, 2022

Our new associate memberPort Technology Internationalheld an online cybersecurity event for ports and terminals yesterday for over 200 maritime and port professionals. Opening the conference, IAPH Data Collaboration chairmanPascal Ollivier (president,Maritime Street) made a keynote on key insights and practices based on the work completed by over 20 authors from ourmembership ranks for theIAPH Cybersecurity Guidelines for Ports and Port Facilities. The document was recently endorsed by IMO durin

Ennarasu Karunesan appointed IAPH India representative

June 24, 2022

To develop the IAPH network in India, we are pleased to announce that Ennarasu Karunesan has been appointed as our representative in the country. India has a coastline which is more than 7,517 km long, interspersed with more than 200 ports. The port sector in India is driven by high growth in external trade. Last year, Indian ports handled 650.52 million tonnes of cargo traffic. The key ports are furthermore expected to deliver investment projects worth USD 274.31 million on a public-private par