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October 15, 2025

Beijing issues detailed rules for reciprocal port fees targeting US-linked vessels China has released detailed rules for its new port fees targeting US-linked vessels, in response to US levies on Chinese maritime interests. The fees apply to ships with 25% or more US ownership and will gradually increase from Yuan 400 ($56) per net tonne to Yuan 1,120 by April 2028. Ships built in China or arriving empty for repairs are exempt. Shipping companies must file declarations at least seven days befor

Welcome! The World Bank from the USA

October 14, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the World Bank has joined the IAPH as an associate member. The World Bank is a global financial institution that provides loans, grants, and expertise to developing countries to help reduce poverty and support economic development. It funds projects in areas like education, healthcare, infrastructure, agriculture, and climate resilience. The World Bank also offers policy advice and technical assistance to help countries improve governance and build sustainable

#IAPH2025: get set for your trip to Kobe!

October 03, 2025

IAPH looks forward to welcoming delegates to Kobe next week for the 2025 IAPH World Ports Conference, marking the association’s 70th anniversary. The conference is almost atcapacity, anddelegate bookings will not be taken on-site –pre-bookingyour delegate place is the only way to guarantee entry to the conference.The conference app is now available for download onAppleandAndroiddevices. The app will contain a personal QR code for each delegate, which can be used to speed up the badge collection

Sept-Oct edition of Ports & Harbors available

October 03, 2025

The latest edition ofPorts & Harborsmagazine is available, featuring a cover interview with Japanese shipping executive Sakura Kuma, executive officer of MOL and managing director of MOL (Asia and Oceania). She talks about the importance of nurturing new industry talent and how she plans to inspire change by launching the Japan chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) at the#IAPH2025 World Ports Conferencein Kobe next week. Appropriately, the regional focus for

#IAPH2025 webinars: share your views

October 03, 2025

In the run up to #IAPH2025, IAPH and Mercator have run a series of webinars exploring critical topics to keep members informed on hot topics due for discussion next weekin Kobe. Viewers are now invited to give their feedback on the content of the serieshere. Each webinar covered one or more of the areas of interest of theWorld Ports Sustainability Program, after beingidentified in Decemberduring online Harbor Cafe events introduced by IAPH president Jens Meier, at which attending members were po

Countdown to #IAPH2025: Tools for future fuels

October 03, 2025

The IAPH World Ports Conference returned to Hamburg in 2024, less than a decade after itsmost recent visit, but it could scarcely be said that ports faced a similar operational environment or priorities. The secretary general of the IMO, Arsenio Dominguez, assured the assembled professionals that the ports sector was being listened to in the discussions of pricing emissions from global shipping. Meanwhile, the development around IAPH’s various sustainability tools and initiatives continued. Th

Countdown to #IAPH2025: Returning to IAPH’s roots

October 03, 2025

70 years after itsofficial founding, the stage is set for IAPH to return to the city where the associations’ storybegan: Kobe, the site of the first International Port & Harbor Conference. Located between the Rokko mountain range and the Seto inland sea, thishistorical port cityhas been embracing foreign cultures since the 9th century, giving the city a unique international flavor. Kobe has been a major international trading port since 1868 and boasts an eclectic mix of Japanese and late 19th

World Maritime News (110)

October 01, 2025

Expect higher trade costs, slower growth and more volatility, says UNCTAD The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warns that the maritime shipping industry is entering a period of high volatility, rising costs, and slower growth due to geopolitical tensions, trade policy uncertainty, and fragile supply chains. Seaborne trade growth is expected to slow to just 0.5% in 2025, with a modest 2% annual growth projected through 2030. Geopolitical instability is causing longer shipping rout

WCO, WSC and IAPH spur discussions on how to better safeguard maritime supply chains from criminal threats

September 25, 2025

Around two-thirds of 2,600 drug seizures in maritime shipping containers across 2023 and 2024 were found to have some level of internal conspirator support somewhere in the supply chain. That is the standout fact from WCO’s Report on infiltration of maritime cargo supply chains that set the stage for the Global Conference on ‘a collective response to safeguarding maritime supply chains from criminal threats’, held at the WCO in Brussels. To identify innovative mitigation strategies to this pe

Welcome! Oceanic C&T Co., Ltd from the Republic of Korea

September 19, 2025

We are pleased to announce that Oceanic C&T Co., Ltd has joined the IAPH as an associate member. The company specializes in marine environment impact assessment, restoration, and numerical simulation, as well as coastal and offshore engineering design and consulting. It also develops and supplies innovative marine construction materials, monitoring systems, and safety management solutions. For more information, please visit the following website. http://www.oceaniccnt.com/

Welcome! Kavala Port Authority S.A. from Greece

September 19, 2025

We are pleased to announce that The Kavala Port Authority S.A. has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The company is responsible for the management of the four ports in the broader region of Kavala, East Macedonia, as follows: Passenger port, APOSTOLOS PAVLOS Commercial port, Filippos B’ Port of Keramoti Port of Eleftheres Four ports with separate roles, but one goal: to make the port system of Kavala an important junction of maritime transports in the wider region, giving specia

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