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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

Port of Tacoma met with IAPH in Antwerp

March 24, 2023

Last week, a delegation of the Port of Tacoma undertook a study tour of the ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam. On this occasion, they also met with IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven at the headquarters of Port of Antwerp-Bruges for a discussion about IAPH’s work programme and strategic priorities. The delegation consisted of the port’s executive director Eric Johnson, port commissioners Deanna Keller and John McCarthy, as well as Pierce County economic development director Betty Capes

Next Africa-Europe Harbor Café on 25 April

March 24, 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, Hamburg Port Authority and other members. For IAPH regular and a

Registration 2023 World Ports Conference opens 1 April

March 10, 2023

The2023 IAPH World Ports Conferencewill be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from 31 October till 2 November this year. Registration will be open 1 April at which time the preliminary conference programme will become available. Organised in partnership withS&P Globaland host sponsorAD Ports Group, the conference will focus this year on the theme #ReinventingPorts. Ports have reached a pivotal stage in their evolution. Operating purely as landlords of terminal and industrial concessions is no longer a guar

IAPH Board endorses recommendations benchmark report

March 10, 2023

IAPH Board members met online 28 February. The principal item on the agenda was the presentation and discussion of a benchmark report that compares IAPH’s organisational structure and financial performance with a peer group of international and regional associations of shipping companies and port authorities. The benchmark exercise was carried out by Gerd Ramdohr, head of financial management at Hamburg Port Authority, courtesy of IAPH vice-president Jens Meier. The benchmark report recommends o

Last chance to share Q4 2022 data with World Ports Tracker

March 10, 2023

The deadline for ports to complete the IAPH World Ports Tracker survey requesting data for the fourth quarter of 2022 has been extended to Friday 10 March, midnight CET. The World Ports Tracker is a full report for ports which allows them to anonymously enter information for them to get in return, at no cost, a full analysis on global and regional trends in port performance, vessel port calls, hinterland connectivity and much more. We are keen for your port to participate as you will be granted

2023 IAPH Sustainability Awards competition is open

March 10, 2023

The 2023 IAPH Sustainability Awards competition is now open with IAPH member ports warmly encouraged to submit their projects in six different Award categories: infrastructure, digitalisation, climate and energy, environmental care, community building, and health safety and security. Three projects per category will be shortlisted by our expert jury and taken to an open public vote to co-determine the final winners. A seventh 'Akiyama' award will also be awarded to the highest-placed finalist fr

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