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Enter your projects for the IAPH Sustainability Awards

April 07, 2023

We invite IAPH regular as well as associate members working in partnership with member portsto submit their latest sustainability projects to us onlineby 26 May. By so doing your project will qualify automatically for the IAPH 2023 Sustainability Awards, with winners to be announced at the prestigious gala awards dinner to be held at this year’sIAPH World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabion 1 November. All approved projects will join the IAPH World Ports Sustainabilityonline database, which currentl

Last call for the IAPH Technical Committee Days

April 07, 2023

The IAPH Technical Committee Days will be held 18-20 April at the offices of the International Chamber of Shipping in London. The schedule features dedicated sessions on specific themes of the IAPH work programme. Rather than having the traditional, separate meeting agendas, we aim to stimulate dialogue between the committees and their members during the days, both in plenary and break-out sessions. On the last day, each committee will have a dedicated meeting slot to decide on action points and

Next Africa-Europe Harbor Café on 25 April

April 07, 2023

The second IAPH Regional Café of 2023 will be hosted by IAPH vice-presidents Michael Luguje (Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority) and Jens Meier (Hamburg Port Authority) on 25 April at 09.00 AM CEST and will be an interactive conversation on how to deploy practical tools to ease long-term port congestion and emissions. Speakers will include the chairman of the International Taskforce Port Call Optimization, Capt. Ben Van Scherpenzeel, Astrid Dispert from the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project, Slav

Port Endeavor travelled to Argentina

April 07, 2023

On 22 March, IAPH technical director Antonis Michail andUNCTAD TrainForTradeknowledge management officer Gonzalo Ayala joined forces to deliver a Port Endeavor training session in Buenos Aires for 25 employees of the Argentinian Administración General de Puertos (AGP) and the port of Buenos Aires. This was the second time that the new Port Endeavor hybrid platform was used and tested, again with very positive results. Participants’ testimonials confirmed once again the positive contribution of P

Welcome! IRM Offshore and Marine Engineers Pvt. Ltd. from India

April 05, 2023

We are pleased to announce that IRM Offshore and Marine Engineers Pvt. Ltd. has joined the IAPH as an associate member. IRM Offshore and Marine Engineers Pvt. Ltd. is the flagship company of the IRM group. The company offers over 2,000 specialty rubber engineering products and various services for the shipbuilding industry, maritime infrastructure, offshore oil drilling platforms, offshore wind energy, and naval establishments, including a complete range of solid and pneumatic marine fenders an

IKEA Supply Chain Operations joins IAPH as Associate Member

March 29, 2023

We are pleased that IKEA Supply Chain Operations is the first major cargo owner to join IAPH as Associate Member. IKEA Supply Chain Operations is responsible for the supply of IKEA home-furnishing products by procuring, developing and operating all transport and logistics capacities in the IKEA supply chain across land and ocean. One of the key objectives of the Ports function at IKEA Supply Chain Operations is to work closely together with port stakeholders to get a better understanding of tota

Sustainability in the spotlight: 2023 IAPH Awards

March 24, 2023

As our technical director Antonis Michail comments inhis short ‘how to’ video above: “for all of us at IAPH, this exciting time of the year has come!” We invite IAPH regular as well as associate members working in partnership with member portsto submit their latest sustainability projects to us online by 26 May. By so doing your project will qualify automatically for the IAPH 2023 Sustainability Awards, with winners to be announced at the prestigious gala awards dinner to be held at this yea

IAPH presented MSW at the InterPortPolice symposium

March 24, 2023

Coinciding with IMO FAL, the InterPortPolice organisation held a symposium at the IMO headquarters last week, addressinglaw enforcement challenges in the maritime supply chain. This session was attended by numerous IMO Member States and international organisations, including IAPH, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network and WWF-UK. Rhona Macdonald, IAPH's policy and IMO liaison officer,presented the outcomes of the joint IMO-BIMCO-IAPH Maritime Single Window symposiumheld last January, encouraging

IAPH attends Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Rio

March 24, 2023

The Brazilian government has been hosting the2023 senior officials’ meeting of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)in Rio de Janeiro this week. The meeting has brought together CEM’s senior government officials from around the world and partners for a full agenda of events. International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) presented governments with a proposal to further develop the Clean Energy Marine Hubs (CEM-Hubs) Initiative, which is a cooperative alliance with IAPH and other partners to de-risk invest

IAPH joins UNCTAD TrainForTrade events in Argentina

March 24, 2023

IAPH technical director Antonis Michail attended the UNCTAD TrainForTrade conference on Energy Challenges and Digital Transformation of Ports, held in Buenos Aires Argentina on 20 and 21 March. The conference was co-organised and hosted by the Administración General de Puertosand the Argentinian Ministry of Transport and attracted more than 150 port professionals from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Spain. Day one focused on energy transition and decarbonisation for ports while

IAPH presented at MARLOG 12 conference

March 24, 2023

IAPH technical director Antonis Michail took part online in the 12thInternational Maritime Transport and Logistics Conference (MARLOG 12) onSustainable & Innovative Technologies Towards a Resilient Futurethat took place in Alexandria, Egypt from 12 to 14 March. The conference was organised by IAPH associate member, thePort Training Institute of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). The event attracted many ports and port stakeholders from Africa, Europe and Mi

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