A special message to #IAPH2025 attendees
October 03, 2025
#IAPH2025: get set for your trip to Kobe!
October 03, 2025
IAPH looks forward to welcoming delegates to Kobe next week for the 2025 IAPH World Ports Conference, marking the association’s 70th anniversary. The conference is almost atcapacity, anddelegate bookings will not be taken on-site –pre-bookingyour delegate place is the only way to guarantee entry to the conference.The conference app is now available for download onAppleandAndroiddevices. The app will contain a personal QR code for each delegate, which can be used to speed up the badge collection
Sept-Oct edition of Ports & Harbors available
October 03, 2025
The latest edition ofPorts & Harborsmagazine is available, featuring a cover interview with Japanese shipping executive Sakura Kuma, executive officer of MOL and managing director of MOL (Asia and Oceania). She talks about the importance of nurturing new industry talent and how she plans to inspire change by launching the Japan chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) at the#IAPH2025 World Ports Conferencein Kobe next week. Appropriately, the regional focus for
#IAPH2025 webinars: share your views
October 03, 2025
In the run up to #IAPH2025, IAPH and Mercator have run a series of webinars exploring critical topics to keep members informed on hot topics due for discussion next weekin Kobe. Viewers are now invited to give their feedback on the content of the serieshere. Each webinar covered one or more of the areas of interest of theWorld Ports Sustainability Program, after beingidentified in Decemberduring online Harbor Cafe events introduced by IAPH president Jens Meier, at which attending members were po
Countdown to #IAPH2025: Tools for future fuels
October 03, 2025
The IAPH World Ports Conference returned to Hamburg in 2024, less than a decade after itsmost recent visit, but it could scarcely be said that ports faced a similar operational environment or priorities. The secretary general of the IMO, Arsenio Dominguez, assured the assembled professionals that the ports sector was being listened to in the discussions of pricing emissions from global shipping. Meanwhile, the development around IAPH’s various sustainability tools and initiatives continued. Th
Countdown to #IAPH2025: Returning to IAPH’s roots
October 03, 2025
70 years after itsofficial founding, the stage is set for IAPH to return to the city where the associations’ storybegan: Kobe, the site of the first International Port & Harbor Conference. Located between the Rokko mountain range and the Seto inland sea, thishistorical port cityhas been embracing foreign cultures since the 9th century, giving the city a unique international flavor. Kobe has been a major international trading port since 1868 and boasts an eclectic mix of Japanese and late 19th
WCO, WSC and IAPH spur discussions on how to better safeguard maritime supply chains from criminal threats
September 25, 2025
Around two-thirds of 2,600 drug seizures in maritime shipping containers across 2023 and 2024 were found to have some level of internal conspirator support somewhere in the supply chain. That is the standout fact from WCO’s Report on infiltration of maritime cargo supply chains that set the stage for the Global Conference on ‘a collective response to safeguarding maritime supply chains from criminal threats’, held at the WCO in Brussels. To identify innovative mitigation strategies to this pe
Welcome! Oceanic C&T Co., Ltd from the Republic of Korea
September 19, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Oceanic C&T Co., Ltd has joined the IAPH as an associate member. The company specializes in marine environment impact assessment, restoration, and numerical simulation, as well as coastal and offshore engineering design and consulting. It also develops and supplies innovative marine construction materials, monitoring systems, and safety management solutions. For more information, please visit the following website. http://www.oceaniccnt.com/
Welcome! Kavala Port Authority S.A. from Greece
September 19, 2025
We are pleased to announce that The Kavala Port Authority S.A. has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The company is responsible for the management of the four ports in the broader region of Kavala, East Macedonia, as follows: Passenger port, APOSTOLOS PAVLOS Commercial port, Filippos B’ Port of Keramoti Port of Eleftheres Four ports with separate roles, but one goal: to make the port system of Kavala an important junction of maritime transports in the wider region, giving specia
London announced as venue of #IAPH2026 conference
September 19, 2025
Next year’s IAPH World Ports Conference will be held in London, on 3-5 November. After memorable editions in 1965 and 1997, IAPH is delighted to return to the UK capital in 2026, the 'gap year' of London International Shipping Week. Next year's event promises to be a true milestone in the history of the conference – as the1965 editionsymbolised the global coming of age of IAPH, the 2026 edition will aim toset a new benchmark in showcasing how ports worldwide are transforming to meet the challeng
IAPH signs MoU with Sohar Port and Freezone
September 19, 2025
On 16 September, IAPH signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one of its members,Sohar Port and Freezone, marking a significant step forward in a strategic partnership aimed at deepening collaboration across global port sustainability, digital innovation, regulatory engagement and maritime excellence. The MoU was signed by Patrick Verhoeven, managing director of IAPH and by Emile Hoogsteden, CEO of Sohar Port and Freezone, at the conclusion of the Sohar Maritime Excellence Showcase – a special
#IAPH2025: Asian Development Bank president to speak
September 19, 2025
IAPH is pleased to announce that Masato Kanda, president of the Asian Development Bank, will make the opening address in plenary on 7 October, day oneof the#IAPH2025 World Ports Conference. He previously served as special advisor to Japan’s prime minister and minister of finance, and as vice-minister of finance for International Affairs. Masato Kanda was appointed ADB president earlier this year and will returnto Kobe to make his debut speech in his home country. The Asian Development Bank is al
