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First Ports & Harbors issue of 2023 is out

January 13, 2023

In the first Ports & Harbors issue of the year, we interviewSigrid Evelyn Nikutta, CEO of DB Cargo, which hasthe largest railway fleet and thehighest number of rail freight traffic points in Europe. Dr Nikutta and IAPH managingdirector Patrick Verhoeven discuss how innovation and efficiency through digitalisationcan bring port and landside supply chain connectivity as well as inland waterway transportation closer together. Also featuring inthis edition:how to apply artificial intelligence and ma

IAPH, APEC and C-MAT organise third port strategy course

January 13, 2023

For the third year in a row, IAPH is collaborating with its associate membersAntwerp/Flanders Port Training Centre (APEC)and theCentre for Maritime and Air Transport (C-MAT)in organising a course on international port strategy, with online sessions spread between 3 and 28 April, and an in-person course week in Antwerp from 8 to 12 May. The partnership enables us to present a mix of experienced port professionals, academics and global policy makers on the international aspects of port strategy an

Welcome! New Mangalore Port Authority from India

January 06, 2023

We are pleased to announce that New Mangalore Port Authority has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The New Mangalore Port is one of India’s Major ports, located in Mangalore of Karnataka State, on the west coast of India. New Mangalore Port Authority has administered the Port since March 2022 after New Mangalore Port Trust ran and governed the Port from April 1980. The Port mainly handles dry and liquid bulk cargo and containerized cargo. For more information, please visit the following web

Save the date: 2023 World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi

December 16, 2022

The IAPH 2022 World Ports Conference in Vancouver resoundingly succeeded in identifying how ports should close the gaps in global port infrastructure. Never before have ports received so much attention from policymakers and businesses as the critical nodes connecting maritime with land-based intermodal supply chains. The 2023 World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi will explore in depth and materialise ports' commitments to digitalise, decarbonise, invest and co-create with their business partners t

Third edition of IAPH World Ports Tracker published

December 16, 2022

The third edition of the IAPH World Ports Tracker has been published this week. Forthe first time, it combines S&P Global container terminal performance data for the third quarter of the year with survey responses from the world ports community on the same period. These include four new dashboards to reflect the comprehensive analysis being provided by our Risk and Resilience Technical Committee authors professor Theo Notteboom and professor Thanos Pallis. Theo and Thanos analyse year-on-year da

Don’t miss the Maritime Single Window symposium!

December 16, 2022

With a deadline of 1 January 2024 set for IMO member states to implement a Maritime Single Window system in their ports, a genuine window of opportunities is now emerging for shipping and ports to use robust international standards to communicate between ships and shore, improving port call efficiencies and ultimately reducing emissions. International Maritime Organization, IAPH and BIMCO are organising a hybrid symposium with support from IPCSA at the iconic IMO headquarters in London. The even

ESI incentive providers plan for 2023

December 16, 2022

IAPH'sEnvironmental Ship Index(ESI)key incentive providers gathered in Amsterdam last week on Tuesday together with IAPH-appointed administratorsGreen Award Foundationto review the current status of the Index, including the number of ships and scores, onboard verification performance, andinput from the IAPH board on the ESI budget for 2023. The meeting also plannedthe work roster for 2023, which will include a focus on the development of the at-berth module, beginning with the cruise sector. Thi

Results online IAPH Cruise Committee meeting

December 16, 2022

Members of the IAPH Cruise Committee met online this Tuesday, under the leadership of committee chairman Simone Maraschi (Cruise Gate Hamburg). The meeting focused on innovative technologies to improve the sustainability of shipping, with presentations from Linden Coppell, vice-president sustainability and ESG at MSC Cruises, and Jacob Bjarkam, business development manager at PowerCon. Members discussed next steps in the establishment of the IAPH Onshore Power Supply (OPS) Cruise Platform, inclu

Last Port Endeavor gameplay of 2022

December 16, 2022

Last Thursday, IAPH's partnerAntwerp & Flanders Port Training Center(APEC) gathered participants to play a final round of our World Ports Sustainability Program UN SDG game Port Endeavor this year as part of its marketing and business development course for international port professionals. These included executives from the port authorities of Rio de Janeiro, Gdańsk,Suriname and Luanda, plus representatives from Thailand, Kenya, Gambia, Tanzania and Thailand Ports Authorities,Jordan Maritime Co

Robotics to reduce port pollution: revisit our Harbor Café

December 16, 2022

Ourlast regional Harbor Café session of the year was held last Friday. Led by vice-presidents Jens Meier and Michael Luguje of the IAPH Europe and Africa regions, it focused on overcomingsurface water and debris pollution through robotics and automation in a port.There were some fascinating examples and insights from the ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam on using drone technology, Hamburg Port Authority on its joint underwater SEACLEAR robotics project with European partners and the start-up

A window of opportunities for shipping and ports – IMO – IAPH-BIMCO Maritime Single Window Hybrid Symposium 18 – 19 January

December 15, 2022

With a deadline of 1 January 2024 set for IMO member states to implement a Maritime Single Window system in their ports, a genuine window of opportunities is now emerging for shipping and ports to use robust international standards to communicate between ships and shore, improving port call efficiencies and ultimately reducing emissions. International Maritime Organization, IAPH and BIMCO are organising a hybrid symposium with support from IPCSA at the iconic IMO Headquarters in London. The even

Request on active participation in technical committee activities of IAPH

December 15, 2022

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well. We are writing to inform you about the decisions that the IAPH Board took during the Board Meeting in London on 28 November 2022, asking your active participation in technical committee activities of IAPH. The Board recognized that three strategic technical committees; 1) climate and energy, 2) data collaboration and 3) risk and resilience have made significant achievements since 2020, mainly owing to the greatest e

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