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Registration #IAPH2023 is open with live agenda

April 07, 2023

Registration for theIAPH 2023 World Ports Conference is now open with a live agenda, including more than 30 confirmed speakers already. The conference will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from 31 October till 2 November, organised in partnership with AD Ports Group and S&P Global. Under the theme ‘Reinventing Ports’, the conference agendawill give ports new ideas for business opportunities through reinvention, evolution and collaboration. The agenda combines strategic discussions on energy transition

IAPH Tracker points towards end of supply chain crunch

April 07, 2023

Last week Thursday saw the release of the latest IAPH World Ports Tracker report to ports participating in the survey. Professors Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis of the IAPH Risk and Resilience Committee compiled a detailed 85-page analysis from the responses of 77 ports from eight port regions covering the world. The main highlights pointed towards the end of the global supply chain crunch, a significant fall in vessel call sizes in most regions, the continued resurgence of both cruise and pas

Port of Nagoya joins ESI programme

April 07, 2023

This week, we welcomed the Nagoya Port Authority as a new incentive provider to the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) programme. The port of Nagoya is the number one port in Japan in terms of cargo volume, especially renowned for exporting cars, and called by various ship types, including container vessels, car carriers, tankers and roro ferries. Starting from 1 April, those ships with ESI scores of 30 and above will enjoy a 15% discount in the port dues. The decision to join ESI features in t

Enter your projects for the IAPH Sustainability Awards

April 07, 2023

We invite IAPH regular as well as associate members working in partnership with member portsto submit their latest sustainability projects to us onlineby 26 May. By so doing your project will qualify automatically for the IAPH 2023 Sustainability Awards, with winners to be announced at the prestigious gala awards dinner to be held at this year’sIAPH World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabion 1 November. All approved projects will join the IAPH World Ports Sustainabilityonline database, which currentl

Last call for the IAPH Technical Committee Days

April 07, 2023

The IAPH Technical Committee Days will be held 18-20 April at the offices of the International Chamber of Shipping in London. The schedule features dedicated sessions on specific themes of the IAPH work programme. Rather than having the traditional, separate meeting agendas, we aim to stimulate dialogue between the committees and their members during the days, both in plenary and break-out sessions. On the last day, each committee will have a dedicated meeting slot to decide on action points and

Next Africa-Europe Harbor Café on 25 April

April 07, 2023

The second IAPH Regional Café of 2023 will be hosted by IAPH vice-presidents Michael Luguje (Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority) and Jens Meier (Hamburg Port Authority) on 25 April at 09.00 AM CEST and will be an interactive conversation on how to deploy practical tools to ease long-term port congestion and emissions. Speakers will include the chairman of the International Taskforce Port Call Optimization, Capt. Ben Van Scherpenzeel, Astrid Dispert from the IMO-Norway GreenVoyage2050 project, Slav

Port Endeavor travelled to Argentina

April 07, 2023

On 22 March, IAPH technical director Antonis Michail andUNCTAD TrainForTradeknowledge management officer Gonzalo Ayala joined forces to deliver a Port Endeavor training session in Buenos Aires for 25 employees of the Argentinian Administración General de Puertos (AGP) and the port of Buenos Aires. This was the second time that the new Port Endeavor hybrid platform was used and tested, again with very positive results. Participants’ testimonials confirmed once again the positive contribution of P

Welcome! IRM Offshore and Marine Engineers Pvt. Ltd. from India

April 05, 2023

We are pleased to announce that IRM Offshore and Marine Engineers Pvt. Ltd. has joined the IAPH as an associate member. IRM Offshore and Marine Engineers Pvt. Ltd. is the flagship company of the IRM group. The company offers over 2,000 specialty rubber engineering products and various services for the shipbuilding industry, maritime infrastructure, offshore oil drilling platforms, offshore wind energy, and naval establishments, including a complete range of solid and pneumatic marine fenders an

IKEA Supply Chain Operations joins IAPH as Associate Member

March 29, 2023

We are pleased that IKEA Supply Chain Operations is the first major cargo owner to join IAPH as Associate Member. IKEA Supply Chain Operations is responsible for the supply of IKEA home-furnishing products by procuring, developing and operating all transport and logistics capacities in the IKEA supply chain across land and ocean. One of the key objectives of the Ports function at IKEA Supply Chain Operations is to work closely together with port stakeholders to get a better understanding of tota

Sustainability in the spotlight: 2023 IAPH Awards

March 24, 2023

As our technical director Antonis Michail comments inhis short ‘how to’ video above: “for all of us at IAPH, this exciting time of the year has come!” We invite IAPH regular as well as associate members working in partnership with member portsto submit their latest sustainability projects to us online by 26 May. By so doing your project will qualify automatically for the IAPH 2023 Sustainability Awards, with winners to be announced at the prestigious gala awards dinner to be held at this yea

IAPH presented MSW at the InterPortPolice symposium

March 24, 2023

Coinciding with IMO FAL, the InterPortPolice organisation held a symposium at the IMO headquarters last week, addressinglaw enforcement challenges in the maritime supply chain. This session was attended by numerous IMO Member States and international organisations, including IAPH, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network and WWF-UK. Rhona Macdonald, IAPH's policy and IMO liaison officer,presented the outcomes of the joint IMO-BIMCO-IAPH Maritime Single Window symposiumheld last January, encouraging

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