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A summer of success for IAPH at the IMO

September 02, 2022

Following approval at the 46th meeting of the IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 46) in May, the IAPH Cybersecurity Guidelines for Ports and Port Facilities have been formally referenced in the IMO Guidelines on Maritime Cyber Risk Management. These are the first ever set of guidelines on the topic focused on ports and port facilities at the IMO which is a great achievement for the sector. Furthermore, with approval at FAL 46 and the 104th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 104), t

Next IAPH Harbor Café to highlight 5G and aerial robotics

September 02, 2022

The next IAPH Harbor Café will take place in the first half of Octoberand is being organised jointly again between the IAPH Africaand EuropeRegions. This edition will include conversations with Belfast Harbour on their 5G network implementation and the Port of Hamburg on their experiences so far with applying drone and robotic technology for several applications. We also planto include examples from Africa. The session will include informal interviews of those IAPH port colleagues involved and

IAPH to address IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum

September 02, 2022

The IMO-UNEP-Norway Innovation Forum will be held as atwo-day hybrid event on 28 and 29 Septemberwith live, in-person attendance at the IMO headquarters in London and a virtual global platform available for those who would like to connect online. The forum is aimed at championing innovation to accelerate the transition of the marine sector towards a zero- and low-emission future. The forum will focus on addressing the specific needs of developing countries,especially Least Developed Countries (L

IAPH to join UNCTAD trade innovation conference

September 02, 2022

UNCTAD and its partners will be holding a two-day conference on trade innovation both in person in Geneva and online, which is being co-organised with the World Economic Forum. The chairman of the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee Pascal Ollivier will be moderating the fifth session on mitigating risks inherent in trade facilitation at 10.30 AM CET on 21 September. Registration is free of charge.Full details can be found here.

Next P&H poll: political representatives on port boards?

September 02, 2022

The question whether political representatives should be on port of a publicly owned port throws up two arguments. One, the port wants to maintain its independence and is gladly not looking to have legislators join their meetings. On the other hand, the pandemic has shown that port authorities alone cannot enable administrative issues such as crew changes without support from other government agencies. So, which way is best for port authorities?Have your say here!

Save the dates: autumn Technical Committee meetings

September 02, 2022

The autumn meetings of the strategic Technical Committees of IAPH have been scheduled. The Risk and Resilience Committee will meet on 12 October from 4 to 6 PM CET.The Data Collaboration Committee meets 3 November from 12 to 2 PM CET. Finally, the Climate and Energy Committee is meeting 10 November, from 4 to 6 PM CET. All meetings are held online. Committee members will be receiving the agendas and documentation in due course.Meanwhile, you can already find an overview here of the priority topi

The September-October issue of Ports & Harbors is out

September 02, 2022

The cover interview of the next issue of the IAPH membership magazine Ports & Harbors features our regional vice-president for Africa Michael Achagwe Luguje, who is the director-general of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. Michael speaks to us about the prospects for ports in the region and the challenges they face when investing in infrastructure for the future growth and prosperity for their own nation and neighbouring landlocked countries. We highlight the results of the latest IAPH Wor

Welcome! Development Bank of Southern Africa from South Africa

August 29, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Development Bank of Southern Africa has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Development Bank of Southern Africa is a government-owned development finance institution established in 1983. Its mandate is to promote economic growth and regional integration for sustainable development projects and programs in South Africa, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the wider Sub-Saharan Africa. For more information, please visit the following websi

Welcome! Port Autonome de Cotonou from Benin

August 03, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Port Autonome de Cotonou has joined the IAPH as a regular member. Port Autonome de Cotonou (PAC), created on 31 December 1964, represents the port authority and is responsible for ensuring the maintenance and operation of the facilities of the Port of Cotonou, managing the port area, and carrying out the improvement and extension works of the said port. The Port of Cotonou is a natural outlet to countries without a coastline and neighboring Nigeria. It has the f

Welcome! Mitsui E&S Machinery from Japan

August 01, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Mitsui E&S Machinery joined the IAPH as an associate member. Mitsui E&S Machinery develops, designs, manufactures and maintains many kinds of machinery indispensable in marine logistics and transport, such as marine diesel engines and port cranes. In particular, the company deals in quayside container cranes and transfer cranes in container yards and container terminal management systems. Mitsui E&S Machinery was spun off from the former Mitsui Engineering & Shi

IAPH president addressed UNCTAD expert meeting

July 22, 2022

Transport and logistics are facing multiple imperatives spanning digitalisation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, transition to low carbon fuels, environmental sustainability, and energy and food security. Held 12-14 July, theninth session of the UNCTAD Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitationprovided a timely opportunity to reflect on the key issues at stake for the sector and provide recommendations on the best way forward, identify priority actio

IAPH managing director spoke at MEDports forum

July 22, 2022

The MEDports Association groups 23 ports on the northern, eastern and southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. On 7-8 July, the association held an international forum in Civitavecchia, Italy, to discuss the challenges of digitalisation for Mediterranean ports. IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven delivered the opening keynote address, in which he presented the course IAPH set in 2020 to accelerate digitalisation in the port sector, discussing subsequent initiatives to stimulate data collab