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IAPH at WCO SAFE working group meeting

April 22, 2022

The SAFE working group of the World Customs Organization (WCO) met virtually from 11 to 13 April. The chairman of the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee, Pascal Ollivier, attended the session on partnerships between customs and other government agencies, to update SAFE working group members on the development of the WCO-IAPH customs-port cooperation guidelines, which were initiated at the beginning of this year. The guidelines are to address the challenges of cooperation between customs and port

Welcome! Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University from Bangladesh

April 14, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University (BSMRMU) has joined the IAPH as an associate member. BSMRMU was established in Dhaka in 2013 as the first maritime university in Bangladesh, with graduate and post-graduate courses in various maritime fields. Practical exploration and exploitation of marine resources are paramount toward the economic emancipation of the country in the 21st century. With its motto ‘We Strive for Maritime Excellence,’ BSMRMU end

#IAPH2022: FMC’s Carl Bentzel joins top speakers’ bill

April 08, 2022

If there is anyone in Washington D.C. who has a long view of U.S. shipping law and regulation, it’sCarl Bentzel. While working as a senior Senate committee staffer, Commissioner Bentzel played a key role crafting the Maritime Security Act of 1996, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998, and, after the 9/11 attacks, the requirements mandated for maritime security through the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. He has seen the trajectory of the U.S. maritime landscape from one dominated b

#IAPH2022: an amazingly rich programme awaits you!

April 08, 2022

FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel is joiningan impressive line-up of 50 speakers and panellists, including Robin Li (VP China Merchants Port Holdings), Kelly Craighead (President and CEO CLIA), Binyam Reja (Acting Global Director Transport Global Practice at The World Bank) and Kitack Lim (Secretary-General of IMO). Top executives from the ports of Singapore, Port Klang, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Kobe-Osaka, Ghana, Nigeria, Açu, Long Beach, Seattle, Vancouver, Montréal, Saint John, Gothenburg, Antwerp

#IAPH2022: have breakfast with your regional colleagues

April 08, 2022

The World Ports Conference agenda is accompanied by a series of IAPH working meetings, including the Women’s Forum and Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 18 May and the Technical Committee meetings on Thursday 19 May. OnMonday 16andTuesday 17 May,prior to the start of the conference sessions, the six IAPH regions will meet in parallel breakfast meetings, under the leadership of their vice-presidents. The agenda focuses on the results of the pre-conference regional workshops which will be presen

#IAPH2022: discover how to play Port Endeavor

April 08, 2022

Port Endeavor is the world’s only port sustainability business game.It was developed by ports for ports, drawing on real life examples from the 230+ strong IAPH World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) database of projects and best practices on how ports integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into their business models and operations. The aim of the game is to increase awareness among port management, staff and professionals working in port communities on how ports are already applying

#IAPH2022: vote for your favourite sustainability projects

April 08, 2022

Voting by the general public is open for the #IAPH2022 Sustainability Awards, with votes being collected online via theIAPH World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) website.Anesteemed jury of nine independent expertshas selected three finalists from a long list of projects submitted by ports from 26 different countries in each of the following categories : Climate and Energy, Environmental Care, Community Building, Infrastructure, Digitalisation, and Health, Safety and Security. In order to tak

#IAPH2022: P&H poll on closing the gaps

April 08, 2022

The regional pre-conference workshops aim to identify gaps in port operations, with the World Ports Conference aiming to #CloseTheGaps and issue a call toaction. To help identifying the main priorities for ports andtheir customers, the next edition of the IAPH membership magazine Ports & Harbors asks which of the suggested focus areas (connectivity and accessibility, port efficiency, cost of cargo shipping, regulatory environment, digitalisation, decarbonisation) do readers consider the most imp

Welcome to new members from California and India

April 08, 2022

We are delightedto welcome the ports of Long Beach and Hueneme, both located in California, as new regular members, together with associate member Injotech India Private Limited.The Port of Long Beachis one of the principal U.S. gateways for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship, and sustainability. Goods moving through the Port of Long Beach originate in or are destined for every congressional district. In 2021, the port handled ab

African members invited to vote for new vice-president

April 08, 2022

Following a process of self-nomination, the IAPH Board endorsed the candidature of Michael Achagwe Luguje, director-general of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, to become IAPH’s next vice-president for Africa, succeeding Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, who stepped down earlier this year. In the interim period, Jens Meier, vice-president Europe (Hamburg Port Authority), observed the Africa mandate. Regular and honorary IAPH members from the Afric

IAPH Board appointed new chairman Legal Committee

April 08, 2022

IAPH Board members met online on Tuesday to discuss, among other topics, the organisation’s financial plan for the coming years. They approved the 2021 financial accounts, including the report of the Finance and Audit Committee. Board members also discussed the latest preparations for theWorld Ports Conferenceand agreed to appoint Mārtiņš Ziemanis (Freeport of Riga Authority) as Legal Counsellor and chairman of the Legal Committee, succeeding Frans van Zoelen, who is retiring from the Port of Ro

April ESI scores published

April 08, 2022

The scores for the ships enrolled in the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) for the quarter starting 1 April 2022 were released last week. Compared to the previous quarter, the number of ships with a score of 20 or more in the database increased from 4,731 to 4,808 and the number of incentive providers rose from 61 to 62. The ESI was established in 2011 and it identifies seagoing ships that perform better in reducing air emissions than required by the current emission standards of the Internati