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Welcome! SSG Legal from Australia

October 19, 2022

We are pleased to announce that SSG Legal joined the IAPH as an associate member in July. SSG Legal provides legal and strategic advice concerning port-related transactions in Australia. Mr. Steven Mackay, the Founder and Director of SSG Legal, has advised numerous clients in various Australian port transactions for over 30 years. SSG Legal specializes in negotiating and advising on key port terminal leases, port development, regulatory issues, acquisitions and sales, complex contractual arrang

Welcome! Flexens Oy Ab from Finland

October 17, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Flexens Oy Ab has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Flexens Oy Ab is a project developer and investor implementing critical technologies for societies to run 100 % renewable energy sources. The company was founded in 2018 to capitalize on its skills and capabilities in building the world-leading renewal energy source testbed and demo platform, Smart Energy Åland, capturing the rapidly growing demand for renewable energy systems. Through a public-private par

IAPH publishes Closing the Gaps report

October 14, 2022

Following nine months of interaction with our members and stakeholders in the wider global maritime logistics chain, we published last week the summary report‘Closing the Gaps – key actions in digitalization, decarbonization and resilience the maritime sector’. The report defines and identifies, on a global level, principal port-related infrastructure gaps as well as ways to close them. The report was produced in cooperation with the World Bank, our partner in the preparatory process. The region

Ten recommendations to shape an innovation mindset

October 14, 2022

Expert members from the IAPH Innovation Group have been busy over the summer months, with their ports already having successfully committed investments in people and resources when it comes to innovation. Their contributions, which are now published with the IAPH factsheet guide 'The mindset shift towards innovation', highlight their pioneering efforts to integrate innovation into their port businesses. The publication,which is just 20 pages in length, offers ten recommendations to all port lead

The Sky’s the Limit: Harbor Café on 5G and aerial robotics

October 14, 2022

Innovation is a key theme discussed online between the IAPH membership using the Harbor Café format. The publication of the IAPH Innovation paper coincided with the latest IAPH Harbor Café, which took place 11 October as a joint organisation between the IAPH Africaand Europe regions. This edition included conversations with Belfast Harbour on their 5G network implementation, DB Schenker on using heavy-duty drones for logistics, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority on the introduction of unmanned s

IAPH is at World Maritime Day Parallel Event in Durban

October 14, 2022

Following the general celebration of this year’sWorld Maritime Dayat the IMO headquarters in London two weeks ago, the government of South Africa is hosting the World Maritime Day Parallel Event in Durban this week, under the theme ‘New Technologies for Greener Shipping’. Attended by delegates from the South African maritime cluster, the wider African continent and various IMO delegations, the three-day conference is comparing global perspectives on decarbonisation of shipping, collaboration and

IAPH presented at Australian Decarbonisation Summit

October 14, 2022

IAPH technical director Antonis Michail was invited to speak at the 2nd Maritime Decarbonisation Summit organised by Maritime Industry Australia Ltd, the peak body representing the Australian shipping industry, held 12 October in Sydney. Antonis joined the summit virtually to present an overview of IAPH’s work on the decarbonisation of ports and shipping focussing in particular on the Environmental Ship Index, the Clean Marine Fuels working group, and the world ports’ contribution to the ongoing

Results IAPH Cruise Committee meeting

October 14, 2022

The IAPH Cruise Committee met 6October in online format. It was the second meeting of the Committee, following its re-launch at the World Ports Conference in Vancouver. Members nominated Simone Maraschi (Hamburg Cruise Gate) as the Committee’s chairman. Hisnomination is to be confirmed by the IAPH Board. The principal point on the agenda was the set-up of an Onshore Power Supply (OPS) Cruise Platform. Members discussed results of a test survey into port and ship-related OPS data and agreed to ta

Results IAPH Risk and Resilience Committee meeting

October 14, 2022

The IAPH Risk and Resilience Committee met virtually on 12 October, guided by Niels Vanlaer (Port of Antwerp) and Shri Madiwal (Port of Vancouver), respectively the nominated committee chairman and vice-chairman. Members discussed and approved the way forward with the development of the guidelines for business continuity policy and risk preparedness for ports, one of the key deliverables of the committee for 2022. While a core guidance document will be finalised by the end of this year, it will

October ESI scores published

October 14, 2022

The latest scores of the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) project were published on 1 October. The number of vessels with an ESI score above 20 is at 4,762, whereas the total number of vessels in the ESI database is at6,896. The average ESI score is 29.3. The number of incentive providers is 58 as of 1 October. Is your port already part of the ESI programme? If not, find out moreon the ESI websiteor contact the ESI team [email protected].

Welcome! Portall Infosystems Private Limited from India

October 06, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Portall Infosystems Private Limited has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Launched in 2017, Portall Infosystems Private Limited is a domain-rich technology company and a part of the J M Baxi Group. Portall Infosystems comes with a mission to transform the Indian logistics landscape with simple-to-use, technology-rich, multitenancy B2B and B2C portals for managing various aspects of the global supply chain. It will facilitate a vibrant ecosystem that can de

The IAPH World Ports Conference 2023

October 04, 2022

We are pleased to announce that the IAPH World Ports Conference 2023 will be held as follows: Date: October 31-November 2, 2023 Venue: Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates Website: https://www.worldportsconference.com/index.html Conference details will be announced later.