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New Climate and Energy Steering Group meets

November 29, 2024

As part ofthe integrationof the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCPAP) in IAPH, a middle governance layer has been established between theClimate and Energy Committeeand the respective technical working groups: the Climate and Energy Steering Group (SG), which held its first meeting on 26 November. The SG will guide the IAPH input to the IMO Marine Environment and Protection Committee (MEPC), and will strategically advise on the IAPH technical work, providing direction to the existing worki

Countdown to #IAPH2025: the dawn of containerisation

November 29, 2024

The founding of IAPH in Los Angeles in 1955 saw the adoption of a constitution stipulating that the association’s World Ports Conference take place every three years. Therefore, readers may be confused by the accompanying photo of the next edition of the conference – held in Mexico –which proudly identifies it as the Second Triennial Conference… in 1959. This is because economic difficulties in the original host nation meant that the conference had to be delayed by a year while a new site was se

World Bank holds an internal PCS roundtable with IAPH

November 29, 2024

On Tuesday, the World Bank Group held an internal webinar ‘Port Community Systems - Facilitating trade in the 21st Century’ to promote the recently-published report jointly developed by the Bank with IAPH. Mona Haddad, global director (trade, investment and competitiveness) and Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge (global director, transport) provided opening remarks from the World Bank on the role of Port Community Systems (PCS) in the context of trade facilitation and supply chain resilience. IAPH managin

Taking an international perspective on cybersecurity

November 29, 2024

IAPH business development director Nick Blackmore gave the association’s perspective at IMO HQ on 14 November during the University of Plymouth Cyber-SHIP Lab Symposium on Maritime Cybersecurity and Resilience. Speaking on an ‘International Perspectives’ panel moderated by Chloe Rowland, maritime cyber projects and key partner relationships manager at University of Plymouth, Nick highlighted the IAPH Cyber Guidelines for Ports and Ports Facilities as well as the association’s recent FAL and MSC

Welcome! Ortelius from Belgium

November 20, 2024

We are pleased to announce that Ortelius has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Ortelius, a software company based in Antwerp, Belgium, specializes in microservice management tools. Their digital platform connects ports, storage providers, and cargo planners to increase the utilization of port storage space globally. By optimizing existing infrastructures, they avoid new construction. Their matchmaking software enhances efficiency in the global logistics community by connecting people and

Welcome! NatPower Marine from UK

November 20, 2024

We are pleased to announce that NatPower Marine has joined the IAPH as an associate member. NatPower Marine is a specialized company focused on accelerating the energy transition in the global maritime sector. As part of the NatPower Group, they bring over two decades of expertise in clean power generation and distribution to address the unique challenges of the maritime industry. NatPower Marine is comprised of a team of renewable energy and maritime specialists. They leverage their extensive

November-December issue of Ports & Harbors published

November 15, 2024

Thelatest issue of Ports & Harbors magazinehas just been published, featuring a cover interview with Barbara Scheel Agersnap, CEO of Copenhagen Malmö Port. Barbara highlights some of the milestones and achievements at Copenhagen Malmö. The port continues to set the pace in areas such as decarbonisation and the green transition, as it extends onshore power facilities and moves to build a regional ecosystem around carbon capture, utilisation and storage. P&H editor Martin Clark also speaks with Pe

IAPH joins the debate at COP 29 in Baku

November 15, 2024

IAPH is among governments and non-state global climate actors currently gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan for the29th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties(COP 29). At the event, running 11-22 November, participants face the steep challenge of keeping the world on track to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C by the end of this century. On Tuesday 12 November, IAPH technical director Antonis Michail joined the side event on ‘Green Ports for a Sustainable Blue Economy’ organised by Greece. Alo

Choose next year’s topics at the IAPH Harbor Cafés

November 15, 2024

IAPH invites all members to attend the next IAPH Harbor Cafés, which will take place online on 3 December (1000-1100 Central European Time) and 4 December (1700-1800 Central European Time), where members will be able to select the topics of most interest for the 2025 webinar programme. IAPH will be interviewing numerous senior experts for their views on the hottest topics within the World Ports Sustainability Program themes of climate and energy, environmental care, digitalisation, infrastructu

Countdown to #IAPH2025: the founding of IAPH

November 15, 2024

Following the first International Port Conference held in Kobe in 1952 conference (as detailedin last month’s IAPH Insider), a second conference was held in Los Angeles, with the intention of establishing a permanent association. Postponed until November 1955 to ensure maximum attendance, the Second International Port & Harbor Conference is remembered as the founding meeting of IAPH. The decision to establish the new association may have been clearly supported, but the question of who would le

Bunker role crucial to decarbonization, IBIA delegates hear

November 15, 2024

IAPH technical directorAntonis Michail attended theannual conventionof the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) that took place in Athens from 5-7 November. On 6 November, Antonis joined a keynote panel discussion on the decarbonization of maritime transport and the crucial role and state of the bunker industry. He was joined by ICS deputy secretary-general, Simon Bennett, Intercargo director and secretary general, Kostas Gkonis, and BIMCO deputy secretary-general, Michael Lund. Th

Cyber resilience unpacked through WEF resources

November 15, 2024

Earlier this week in Geneva, IAPH’s Data Collaboration Committee chairman Pascal Ollivier attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Cybersecurity coinciding with the launch of their whitepaper Unpacking Cyber Resilience. The paper calls for a broader understanding of cyber resilience that goes beyond cybersecurity, defining it as an organisation’s ability to minimise the impact of significant cyber incidents on its primary goals and objectives. Pascal moderated the panel ‘Anchori