NEWS & EVENTS

March 25, 2022

The second IAPH Harbor Café willtake place next week on 29 March between 02:00-03:30 pm (CEST). The topics on the Café table includedecarbonisation of ports and supply chains in the regions of Europe and Africa. Jens Meier, IAPH’s vice-presidentforEurope and interim vice-president for Africais inviting members to attend the bi-regional meeting to openly discuss topics of commoninterest, express their views, raise concerns and share solutions in an open, trusting atmosphere. IAPH members are step

Letter from the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority

March 25, 2022

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The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) is the state-owned company that administers all ports in the Ukraine. We received a letter from USPA acting CEO Oleksandr Golodnytskyy in which he describes the horrific consequences of the war for Ukrainian people, calling upon us to inform all IAPHmembers about the scale of the humantragedy. He also asks us to support closure of ports tovessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation and/or ownedby companiesaffiliated with the legal entities of the Ru

IAPH delegation attended SELA port network meeting

March 25, 2022

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Last week, a delegation of IAPH representatives virtually attended theSixth Latin American and Caribbean Meeting of Logistics Port CommunitiesofSELA, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System. SELA is an intergovernmentalregionalorganisation that groups 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries. IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven participated in the opening session of the meeting whereas IAPH Legal Committee chairman Frans van Zoelen teamed up with associate members Max Bobys (Hudso

IAPH held first workshop in Spanish language

March 25, 2022

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Our participation in therecent SELA port network meetingunderlines our efforts to have a stronger presence in the Latin American port landscape. In the same spirit, we decided to hold our regional pre-conference workshop for Central and South America entirely in Spanish. Thanks to our Spanish-speaking communications director Victor Shieh and our partnership withMundoMarítimo, the prime maritime news portal in Latin America, a great session was held on 22 March, under the Chatham House Rule, as a

IAPH Insider- April 21, 2022

April 21, 2022

IAPH Insider

This edition of IAPH Insider covers: This week's Insider highlights with MD Patrick Verhoeven EU bans Russian ships from entering its ports #IAPH2022: hear what cargo owners expectfrom ports #IAPH2022:CMF and ESI meetings #IAPH2022: P&H poll on closing the gaps Welcome to new associate member from Bangladesh Third meeting of IAPH DCC innovationgroup held IAPH at WCO SAFE working group meeting North European network of greencorridors in the making New IMO initiatives on mari

Member Ports News(29)

March 22, 2022

Member Port News

Europe and Africa Region 1-Mar Gibraltar Port Authority: Minister Daryanani welcomes the World Odyssey on its inaugural call to Gibraltar Belfast Harbour Commissioners: NI Schools Take GIANT Steps Towards a Healthy Lifestyle 7-Mar Antwerp Port Authority: Impact of the European program "Adjustment to objective 55" for the port of Antwerp Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahìa de Algeciras: COVID. The Port of Algeciras, OPEN and OPERATIONAL for goods 8-Mar Autoridad Portuaria de Bilba

World Maritime News (30)

March 22, 2022

World Maritime News

Impact on port and maritime industry due to Russian invasion of Ukraine The conflict in Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions on Russia are likely to have an ongoing impact on global container supply chains despite the relatively limited volumes shipped to and from Russia. The impact of the conflict in Ukraine on container shipping is likely to come more from increased bunker costs rather than any direct disruption to the sector. The sudden increase in fuel-related shipping costs caused by the war

IAPH attended #TPM22 in Long Beach

March 11, 2022

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Last week, IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven attended the2022 edition of TPM, one of the largest maritime events in the world, which is held in Long Beach every year. TPM focuses on trans-Pacific container trade and is primarily a meeting platform for shippers and carriers, as well as ports. The event is organised byIHS Markit, which last week officially merged with S&P Global. In the video below you can find out what Patrick took away from the conference and how it ties in with the 2022

#IAPH2022: an exciting programme awaits

March 11, 2022

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With fourfull days of live in person conference programming,#IAPH2022will bring together leading port stakeholders in Vancouver, Canada, to#ClosetheGapsin global seaport competitiveness, setting an agenda to raise the performance of the world’s major port regions. The principal topics addressed at the conference include port performance and supply chain resilience, port innovation to facilitate cargo trade, ports as catalysts of energy transition and port leadership through diversity. The agenda

#IAPH2022: preferential hotel info available soon

March 11, 2022

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Delegates to the 2022 World Ports Conference will be able to book rooms at a reduced rate from Sunday (15) to Thursday (19) night at the Pan Pacific Hotel and Fairmont Waterfront hotel. Limited rooms are available and will be booked on a first come first serve basis. The booking link will be available fromthe conference websitein the coming days.

#IAPH2022: workshops Africa and Latin America

March 11, 2022

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The #IAPH2022 regional pre-conference workshops continue 15 March with a workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa. Our panel of senior experts includes Michael Luguje, director-general Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Bernard Osero, head of corporate affairs Kenya Ports Authority, Jens Norgaard, owner Norgaard Management & Consulting, Ilham Dounnajah, managing director Provider Logistics, Johny Smith, CEO Transnamib, Ziad Hamoui, founder Borderless Alliance and Ian Treder, logistics director OMA Group.

March-April issue of Ports & Harbors is out

March 11, 2022

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The March-April issue of the‘Vanity Fair’for port executives is out! This time, the cover story of the only port lifestyle magazine in the world features an exclusive interview withRebeca Grynspan, the recently appointed secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In conversation with IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven and P&H editor Ines Nastali, the secretary-general outlines her ambitions for UNCTAD as a statistical powerhouse for the maritime trade, and he