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Maritime Single Window successfully held in London

January 27, 2023

Last week, IAPH, BIMCO and IMO jointly held a symposium on the implementation of the Maritime Single Window under the theme ‘Window of Opportunities’. The event, which was also supported by IPCSA, took place at the headquarters of the IMO in London and it was transmitted live on the IMO YouTube channel. The symposium covered both the big picture of national digitalisation strategies and the practical implementation, including possible architecture, interoperability, data requirements and standar

IAPH Maritime Single Window portal is online

January 27, 2023

To support the introduction of the IMO Maritime Single Window requirement in just under one year from now, IAPH has launched a portal to assist ports, governments and supply chain stakeholders with useful FAQs, links and regular updates. The portal is hosted on the World Ports Sustainability Program websiteand can be accessed here.

EU cruise study recognises ESI as good practice

January 27, 2023

The European Commission recently published the findings of anelaborate study prepared by Deloitte and Ramboll, which gathered and analysed available evidence to support cruise stakeholders in moving forward on sustainability. The study comes witha selection of good practices, which the cruise industry can look to for learnings, ranging from onshore power supply, LNG bunkering, sustainable cruise terminals, food waste reduction and waste treatment to a holistic approach to destination management.

ICS-IAPH CEM Hubs initiative welcomed by IRENA

January 27, 2023

The Clean Energy Marine Hubs (CEM Hubs) initiative has gained further support during a ministerial event hosted by theInternational Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)at its 13th Assembly in Abu Dhabi. IRENA welcomes the CEM Hubs initiative, a cross-sectoral public-private platform aimed to accelerate the production, transport and use of low-carbon fuels that will be transported by shipping for the world, implemented by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), IAPHand the Clean Energy Ministeria

Nick Blackmore reinforces the IAPH team

January 27, 2023

We are happy to welcomeNick Blackmoreto the IAPH team who has joined us on a temporary contract basis to assist with marketing and business development. Concretely, Nick will create a sales, marketing and communication plan for the Environmental Ship Index and prepare a business development plan for the World Ports Sustainability Program. He will also provide occasional marketing and communication support, including for the 2023 World Ports Conference. Nick is based in London and comes with 18 y

IAPH Europe and Africa 2023 Regional Kick-off

January 27, 2023

Following the successes of the IAPH Europe and Africa Regional Harbor Cafés last year which had a focus on digital innovations, regional vice-presidents Jens Meier and Michael Luguje will be hosting a joint2023Regional Kick-off meeting online on 16 February between 01.00and 2.30 PMCET. The kick-off will include a top-level discussion on priorities for their ports (Hamburg Port Authority and Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority respectively) in 2023 as well as input from other IAPH regular memberCEO

IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group meets 7 February

January 27, 2023

The first meeting of 2023 for the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group will take place online on 7 February 4-5.30 PMCentral Europe Time. On the agenda, the CMF roadmap for 2023 will be discussed along with a review of the final drafts of both the recently developed methanol checklists as well as an updated generic version of the audit tool for evaluating potential bunker suppliers at a port. The meeting will also include an update on the port readiness tool being developed for alternative-fuel

IAPH Automation Group to start work 8 February

January 27, 2023

The IAPH Data CollaborationGroupon Automation willkick-off with an online meetingon 8 February (1-3 PMCET) under the leadership of Phanthian Zuesongdham from Hamburg Port Authority.Building on the outcomes of previous discussions and proposals during the Data Collaboration Committee meetings, the group will be meeting to formulate its concrete agenda and work program for the yearto come. Addressing change in management to integrate automation projects in ports, and exchange of best practices via

Welcome! University of Houston (Port of the Future Conference)

January 17, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the University of Houston (Port of the Future Conference) has joined the IAPH as an associate member. The University of Houston is a public university engaged in educational activities related to port functions. Its College of Technology and the Borders, Trade and Immigration Institute host the annual Port of the Future Conference. The Port of the Future Conference focuses on creating and revitalizing the US seaports, infrastructure, and processes in land, sea, a

Welcome! Port Autonome de Pointe-Noire from the Republic of Congo

January 17, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Port Autonome de Pointe-Noire has joined the IAPH as a regular member. Port of Pointe-Noire is located on the central west coast of the African continent, facing the Atlantic Ocean. The port is a gateway to serve the vast hinterland of the central African region and a transshipment hub on the central West African coast. The port was opened in April 1939.　Since then, the port had been a part of other organizations until February 2000, when the Port Autonome de Po

Welcomed a visit from the Port of Antwerp-Bruges!

January 16, 2023

On Dec 5, we have welcomed a visit from the Port of Antwerp-Bruges at our Headquarters in Tokyo. Main topic of the discussion was technical development in hydrogen and offshore wind energy. Photo credit Mr. Dirk De fauw (Vice President of the Board, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, the Mayor of City of Bruges) Mr. Tom Hautekiet (Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Antwerp-Bruges) Mr. Chisato Watanabe (Representative Japan, Port of Antwerp-Bruges)

Discover the IAPH risk & resilience guidelines and portal

January 13, 2023

We are pleased to announce the publication of ournewly-createdrisk and resilience guidelines for ports, as well as the release of a newrisk inventory portalaimed at sharing best practices on risk mitigation and management for ports. Applying the same pragmatic approach by the IAPH-WPSP COVID19 Taskforce, the newly issuedguidelines arethe first IAPH tool produced by expert regular and associate members from the IAPH Risk and ResilienceCommittee which aims to support ports in establishing a struct