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Inaugural meeting with IAPH’s latest Indian member

November 15, 2024

IAPH's recently-joined member from India, Paradip Port Authority, received a visit from IAPH representative Ennarasu Karunesan (pictured right) to mark the organisation’s membership and to discuss priorities on energy transition, data collaboration and resilience building. Chairperson Shri P. L. Haranadh (centre) and senior advisor Shri A K Bose (left), as well as the authority’s management team, took part in the discussions. Paradip port is one of three locations targeted by the Indian Ministry

Introducing #IAPH2025 – Kobe, birthplace of IAPH

November 01, 2024

As officially confirmed in Hamburg, the 2025 edition of the IAPH World Ports Conference will be hosted by the City of Kobe, Japan. #IAPH2025 will take place on 7-9 October next year and will mark the 70th year of the association. This vibrant and advanced port city venue is ready to host professionals from across the global maritime supply chain for networking, innovation and debate. Below you can enjoy the video shown to delegates in Hamburg by Tomohisa Izumi, deputy director general of the Por

Save the date: Technical Committee Days in London

November 01, 2024

The dates and venue have been confirmed for IAPH’s annual Technical Committee Days in London. We look forward to returning to the International Chamber of Shipping’s headquarters in Walsingham House in the heart of the City of London, 26-28 March 2025. Next year’s Technical Committee meetings will be combined with working group breakouts and updates, and we will invite expert speakers from our colleagues at the IMO for the latest updates on MEPC, FAL and MSC developments. So, mark these dates i

IAPH Harbor Cafés announced for December 

November 01, 2024

The final IAPH Harbor Cafés for this year will take place on 3 December (10.00-11.00 CET) and 4 December (17.00-18.00 CET), to cover all time zones. For these editions of the Harbor Café, we will invite members to register their views on the topics of greatest interest to them. There are now 401 projects on the World Ports Sustainability Programdatabase, each providing an example of industry best practice. IAPH is preparing six major webinars in 2025 that cover thesix main themesof the WPSP a

#IAPH2024: prize draw, presentations and proceedings

November 01, 2024

We trust that the IAPH World Ports Conference 2024 in Hamburg provided delegates with engaging content and plenty of opportunities to meet and collaborate with fellow international professionals across the port sector. Wecontinually striveto deliver a high-level event for all attendees and welcomefeedback on this year's annual conference. To this end, a short survey is available for delegates who attended, and it should take no more than two minutes to complete. As a thank-you for taking the ti

Countdown to #IAPH2025: the first conference

November 01, 2024

It could be said that the IAPH World Ports Conference is older than the association itself. In the autumn of 1951, Gaku Matsumoto approached the mayor of Kobe with the idea of fulfilling a goal that he’d cherished since founding the Ports and Harbours Association of Japan three decades earlier: he wanted Japan to host the world’s first ever international port conference. Expressions of interest were sought from the American Association of Port Authorities in Washington, and from the Los Angeles

IAPH, WCO and WSC enhance customs guidelines

November 01, 2024

Earlier this year, on 24 April, the bi-annual meeting of the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) took place. There was a discussion about theWCO-IAPH Guidelines on Cooperation between Customs and Port Authoritiesand the WCO-IAPH working group was asked to consider incorporating a contribution from the World Shipping Council (WSC) on trilateral cooperation between port authorities, customs authorities and shipping lines into the document. Intersessional meetings

#IAPH2024 Sustainability Awards winners announced

October 18, 2024

IAPH was delighted to reveal the winners of the #IAPH2024 Sustainability Awards during the gala dinner of the IAPH World Ports Conference in Hamburg on 9 October. 71 projects were submitted from over 50 ports, before five ports were selected –by both an expert jury and more than 4,500 members of the voting public – as category winners. The winners, by category, were: Climate and Energy:Ulsan Port – Green Methanol and Bio-diesel bunkering; Community Building:Chennai Port – Championing Community E

Save the date! #IAPH2025, Kobe 7-9 October

October 18, 2024

The IAPH World Ports Conference 2024 in Hamburg closed with an exciting look ahead to next year’s event. Tomohisa Izumi, deputy director general, Ports & Harbors Bureau, Kobe City Government, warmly invited delegates to the city of Kobe, Japan, to attend the 2025 IAPH World Ports Conferenceon 7-9 October next year. #IAPH2025 marks the 70th year of the association and Kobe was introduced as ‘the city where the idea of IAPH took shape’. Although the creation of IAPH was officially announced in Nov

Six-year success WPCAP to integrate into IAPH

October 18, 2024

At #IAPH2024, it was announced that, following six years of pioneering energy transition achievements, the activities of the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP) would be integrated into the IAPHClimate and Energytechnical committee with completion set for January 2025. WPCAP was established at a global climate action summit in San Francisco in 2018 and led by the Port of Rotterdam with the active participation over the years from the Ports of Antwerp-Bruges, Barcelona, Gothenburg, Hambu

Council meeting and AGM held #IAPH2024

October 18, 2024

#IAPH2024 was bookended by critical organisation meetings, with the IAPH Council meeting held the day before the conference opened, and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held immediately after the closure of the final session. At both events, IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven provided an extensiveoverviewof the association’s activities for the year to date, membership evolution, and the key development areas for 2025-27, including strategic priorities, projects and events. At the AGM, sec

Gothenburg’s Edvard Molitor chairs Climate & Energy

October 18, 2024

IAPH is pleased to announce the appointment of Edvard Molitor of thePort of Gothenburgas the new chairmanof the IAPHClimate and Energytechnical committee. Edvard, who is head of International Public Affairs & Sustainability at his port, has served as vice-chairman on the committee since 2021 and steps into the shoes of Peter Mollema of the Port of Rotterdam who announced last week at the IAPH Annual General Meeting that he would step down while continuing to contribute to the activities of IAP

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