June 22, 2020
A new Associate member has joined us - Department of Maritime Business Administration of Texas A&M University (Dr. Joan Mileski, Professor & Department Head), based in Galveston, Texas, USA, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in maritime business and logistics, with their expert professors bringing years of industry and educational experience to the classroom in order to facilitate relevant and in-depth learning. http://www.tamug.edu/mara
June 22, 2020
Europe and Africa Region Finland Port of Helsinki June 16:Coronavirus – instructions for passengers Germany Port of Hamburg June 18:Marine equipment suppliers: Corona crisis speeds up reorientation Italy Ports of Genoa June 19:Covid-19 Update – Issue 21/2020 Netherland North Sea Ports June 12:Heylen Warehouses and North Sea Port off to a flying start with their biggest project in Belgium despite lockdown Nigeria Nigerian Ports Authority June 17:NPA INNAUGURATES EMERGENCY
June 18, 2020
One major outcome of the intensive work in recent weeks by the IAPH’s World Ports Sustainability Program Covid19 Task Force has been the very urgent need for ports to digitalize processes and data exchanges as we move towards a post-COVID19 modus operandi. This conclusion has led to IAPH organizing an industry call to action in the first week of June which has culminated in a joint communiqué by various maritime industry associations to the IMO. This call to action is now being matched in pract
June 15, 2020
Europe and Africa Region Finland Port of Helsinki June 12:Updated info: The COVID 19 impact on port of Helsinki Italy Ports of Genoa June 12:Covid-19 Update – Issue 20/2020 June 5:Will the Blue Economy recover from Covid? Netherland Port of Amsterdam June 9:River cruise step by step welcomed back in the port of Amsterdam North Sea Ports June 12:Coronavirus update: North Sea Port sees cargo transhipment fall by a quarter in May Spain Port of Valencia June 9:VCFI slows dow
June 14, 2020
Wabtec Corporation Based in Atlanta, GA, and represented by Mr. Jim Dietz, Sr. Director, Port Solutions, Wabtec is a leading supplier of critical components, locomotives, services, signaling and logistics systems and services to the global rail industry, focusing on driving ongoing safety, innovation, efficiency, reliability, and productivity. http://wabtec.com
June 14, 2020
The Maritime & Port Security ISAO (MPS-ISAO) Based at Kenney Space Center, FL, and represented by Ms. Deborah Kobza, Executive Director, this non-profit organization established in 2016 is the Information Sharing & Analysis Center (ISAC) for the global maritime & port critical infrastructure focused on advancing security resilience via accelerating threat & defensive measures intelligence information sharing supported by research, operationalizing best practice and workforce education. http://
June 11, 2020
f We kindly remind you of the invitation to attend the virtual WPSP Awards Ceremony, which is being organised in association with IHS Markit as part of ourCoronavirus Webinar series. We shall be announcing the winners of the six awards in five categories with a televised recording from the waterside at the Port of Antwerp, announced by the Belgian television presenterFrancesca Vanthielen. The Awards, which were due to be announced last March at the cancelled IAPH World Ports Conference, consi
June 11, 2020
Our next Coronavirus Webinar will be the final one of the summer series. It will discuss how the crisis could be a catalyst in accelerating data collaboration in the port and logistics sector, with Noura Al Dhaheri, CEO of Maqta Gateway, Jens Meier, CEO of Hamburg Port Authority and Geert De Wilde, CEO of NxtPort. Moderator is Eric Johnson, Senior Editor Technology at JOC. The webinar series will then resume in September with three additional broadcasts and a third and last series of three will
June 11, 2020
As part of its ongoing transformation process, the Environmental Ship Index (ESI) project haspublished a new website, which is linked to a new and robust database. Negotiations are meanwhile ongoing to further professionalise the administration of the project, which should come to a conclusion in the next month. The ESI project was designed to stimulate emission-friendly shipping by providing an index which port authorities and other incentive providers can use to give incentives to operators of
June 11, 2020
At its meeting yesterday, the IAPH Board confirmed the appointment of Flor Pitty, General Director of Ports and Maritime Ancillary Industries at Panama Maritime Authority, as the new Chair of the IAPH Women’s Forum. She succeeds Jeanine Drummond, who left the position last autumn. The Women’s Forum was established in 2012. It runs a scholarship and mentoring programme. The latter was established under the leadership of Jeanine Drummond. We welcome Flor onboard and wish her success in steering th
June 08, 2020
Europe and Africa Region Côte d’Ivoire Abidjan Port Authority May 27:Fight Against Coronavirus In The Port Area THE ABIDJAN PORT AUTHORITY STANDING WITH THE DOCK WORKERS Finland Port of Helsinki June 5:Updated info: The COVID 19 impact on port of Helsinki Germany Port of Hamburg June 4:Abolition of a competitive disadvantage: Payment date for Import VAT deferred to 26th of ensuing month – A good day for Hamburg as a hub Israel International Port Community Systems Association
June 04, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has painfully demonstrated the heterogeneous landscape that currently exists across ports worldwide. While some port communities seized the opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution and developed into full-fledged ‘smart’ ports, many others have barely grasped the essentials of digitalisation and continue to struggle with larger reliance on personal interaction and paper-based transactions as the norms for shipboard, ship-port interface and port-hinterland based excha
