June 17, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Naviera Urbasa has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Naviera Urbasa is a bunker barge operator providing marine bunkering services, including LNG and fuel oil bunkering. It is part of the Ibaizabal Group, a provider of integrated ship management services to the international shipping and offshore industries. For more information, please visit the following website. https://www.grupoibaizabal.com/bunkers/
June 11, 2025
Northern Europe port congestion to last until at least August Container ports in Northern Europe, including Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg, are experiencing significant congestion, which is expected to last until at least August. The congestion is due to strong demand, alliance restructuring, industrial action, and other factors. Shipping lines such as Maersk, CMA CGM, and MSC are adjusting their schedules, extending transit times, and rerouting services to avoid the ports most severely affect
June 11, 2025
Europe and Africa Region 25-May Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company: BPI Co. deploys oil spill response equipment in Danube 2025 emergency drill Mauritius Ports Authority: Tidal Action at Port Louis Harbour 26-May Nigerian Ports Authority: NPA WILL SUPPORT LEKKI DEEP SEAPORT TO UNLEASH THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE – DANTSOHO 27-May Port of Antwerp-Bruges: Construction of CO₂ backbone started in Antwerp port area by joint initiative of Fluxys Belgium, Pipelink, and Air L
May 30, 2025
We are pleased to announce that the Port of Newcastle has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The Port of Newcastle is a major seaport located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the world's largest coal port, serving as a significant hub for international trade and playing a crucial role in Australia's economy. The port is situated at the mouth of the Hunter River and handles a diverse range of cargo, including coal, grain, fuel, and general cargo. For more information, pleas
May 30, 2025
Last Friday at the latestIAPH-Mercator Media webinar, Theo Notteboom (University of Antwerp / Ghent University) and Thanos Pallis (University of Piraeus) presented the results ofa newly-upgradedIAPH World Ports Tracker for 2025 havingsurveyedover 80 IAPHmembers. The world's ports are executing on planned infrastructure investments, community building and environmental sustainability initiatives. However, important gaps still remainin future fuels readiness, carbon emissions reporting, digitalisa
May 30, 2025
The term of the office of the incumbent IAPH president, Jens Meier, CEO of Hamburg Port Authority, will expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting held during this year’s IAPHWorld Ports Conferencein Kobe. Jens Meier has self-nominated for a second term (2025-2027) and meets all the nomination qualifications set out in the IAPH Constitution. All regular and honorary members of IAPH have received a form to cast a vote of confidence, which should be returned by 16 June. Confirmation of
May 30, 2025
Members of the Advisory Group of theIAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI)met in Hamburg last week, together with Green Award Foundation, who administer the ESI programme on behalf of IAPH.The agenda featured a discussion on the further development of themodule to measure ship emissions at berth and alignment of the ESI formula on CO2 emissions with the Net Zero Framework that was provisionally adopted by the IMO last month. The Advisory Group provides technical recommendationsto the ESI Board, w
May 30, 2025
During our last webinar edition on the IAPH World Ports Tracker, cybersecurity was identified in the membership-wide survey of IAPH as the number one health, safety and security risk for their businesses. Nonetheless 37% of the same ports surveyed are adopting AI-led business case solutions in their ports, with only 1% starting to look at quantum computing. What should ports be aware of as they look at these game-changing technologies to improve their operations? What kind of proactive steps s
May 30, 2025
Attendees at the #IAPH2025 World Ports Conference will discover how ports are investing to protect their digital infrastructure against cyber threats. In an interactive breakout session – titled ‘the costly one-click dilemma: how much investment in port cyber resilience is enough?’ –expertswill discuss the challenge of balancing cost against risk reduction, when effective protection is only as strong as the weakest link or ‘next click’. Taking place onday one(7 October) this session will be mo
May 30, 2025
IAPH’s Golden Jubilee year began with a celebration in Tokyo on 14 January 2005. Some 400 delegates were present at the event, which commemorated the association’smilestoneachievements (with a congratulatory address from Japan’s minister of land, infrastructure and transport) but also provided a moment for solemn reflection on the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, which took place less than a month earlier. The association also responded to the disaster by encouraging members ‘to develop gu
May 29, 2025
Europe and Africa Region 2-May Port Autonome de San Pedro: May 1st Celebrations: PASP Focuses on Solidarity and Sustainability 6-May Port Esbjerg: The shipping channel has now been deepened, which increases the capacity and potential of the Port of Esbjerg. 13-May Port Autonome de Cotonou: REPORTING OF THE RESULTS OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF THE PORT OF COTONOU 15-May HAROPA PORT: BREEZE: an European cooperation to accelerate port electrification 16-May Freeport of Riga Auth
May 28, 2025
EU rules a game changer for fully electric ferries, says Kongsberg According to marine technology firm Kongsberg Maritime, EU green regulations are making fully electric shortsea shipping a real possibility. Strategy and business development vice-president Oskar Levander said rewards from selling overcompliance with the FuelEU Maritime standard had changed the game, alongside the new EU Emissions Trading Scheme costs and cheaper batteries. Levander estimated the annual cost of a 2,000 lm ro-pax
