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PCO and digital twins discussed at Barcelona DCC

July 15, 2025

The hybrid mid-year IAPHData Collaboration committeetook place on 30 June at the Port of Barcelona. Several committee members attended in person with a further 40 members from South East Asia and the US West Coast intervening online. Supported by IAPH senior manager: Data Collaboration, Risk & Resilience Chloe Rowland, DCC chair Ingrid Boqué Sastre (director of institutional relations, Port of Barcelona) led a discussion that covered the work of the International Taskforce on Port Call Optimizat

Climate change and tariffs discussed at R&R meeting

July 15, 2025

IAPH’s Risk & Resilience committee met online on Thursday 3 July. Vice chair Shri Madiwal, (VP, operation and supply chain at Vancouver Fraser Port Authority) led a session that kicked off with a presentation by Helen Thanopoulou and Amalia Polydoropoulou, professors at the Department of Shipping Trade and Transport at theUniversity of the Aegean. They profiled a Decision Support System (DSS) to Enhance Climate Change Port Resilience; the DSS is a modular, user-friendly tool to assist ports in m

Welcome! Osaka Port Coorporation from Japan

July 14, 2025

We are pleased to announce that Osaka Port Corporation has joined the IAPH as a regular member. Osaka Port Corporation was established in 2011 to enhance the logistics functions of Osaka Port and strengthen its international competitiveness through the following business activities. ・Development and operation of foreign trade container terminals ・Development and operation of ferry terminals ・Leasing of the facilities above to Hanshin International Port Corporation For more information,

IAPH launches cyber resilience guidelines at TOC Europe

June 27, 2025

Last week in Rotterdam at TOC Europe 2025,IAPH launched its latest Data Collaboration Committee (DCC) productCyber Resilience Guidelines for emerging technologies in the maritime supply chain. Co-authored by 28 experts hailing from regular membersand associate members, as well as IAPH partnersthe World Bank and the World Economic Forum,the guidelineswere developed following a survey of the membership last September at an IAPH-Mercator webinar when members and non-members alike prioritised those

World Ports Tracker highlighted at TOC Europe

June 27, 2025

Last week at the TOC Europe 2025 CSC live conference, co-author Professor Theo Notteboom presented highlights of the results of theIAPH World Ports Tracker 2025 Sustainability and Market Trendsreport at one of theopening plenary sessions. The panel brought together experts from Drewry, Container Trade and Statistics, Xeneta and Transport Intelligence to discuss current container trade performance and prospects for the rest of the year and beyond. IAPH member Port Authority of Tenerife also prese

Indian ports convene for special IAPH update

June 27, 2025

IAPH’sIndian membersgathered to participate ina special online meeting on Tuesday 24 June, in which IAPH team members provided a 90-minute mid-year membership update. Led off by introductions from managing director Patrick Verhoeven and secretary general Masahiko Furuichi, colleagues from both the European and Japanese IAPH teams presented an extensive agenda. Areas covered in the interactive session included IAPH’s advocacy at the IMO, the association’s decarbonisation tools for ports, the Wo

Countdown to #IAPH2025: Smart ports, smart choices

June 27, 2025

IAPH made a triumphant return to its birthplace in May 2013: the 28th edition of its biannual ports conference was held in Los Angeles. This was the scene ofthe association’s founding, and of thesecondInternational Ports and Harbor conference in 1955. Nearly six decades later, a different set of topics dominated the global maritime agenda. This was the era of shipping alliances – as operators sought partnerships to combat rising fuel costs and excess capacity – and of integrated port operating

Jens Meier is IAPH president elect for 2025-27

June 26, 2025

IAPH regular and honorary members voted this month to elect Jens Meier, CEO of Hamburg Port Authorityas the president of IAPH for a two-year mandate, commencing inOctoberthis year. Jens Meierwas appointedvice-president for the Europe regionin2019before being appointed president at the Annual General Meeting which took place at the IAPH 2023 World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi.The officialappointmentwill take place during theIAPH 2025 World Ports Conference when the association celebrates its sev

IAPH Europe seminar on securing critical infrastructure

June 20, 2025

Geopolitical tensions are driving a new era of strategic competition, which demands a reassessment of how critical port infrastructure is safeguarded against both physical and digital threats. On the initiative of Jacques Vandermeiren, IAPH vice-president for Europe and CEO of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, IAPH is organising an invitation-only high-level seminar on this topic for its port members in Europe. The seminar will bring together senior executives of port authorities as well as key stakeh

Upcoming IAPH technical committee meetings  

June 20, 2025

Committee meetings for the IAPH Data Collaboration (DCC) and the Risk and Resilience (RRC) committees are scheduled for 30June and 3July respectively. The DCCcommittee meeting will be held in hybrid format from offices at the Port of Barcelona, 30 June 16:00-17:30CEST, with a Teams link for those unable to attend in person, while the RRCmeeting will be online only on 3July, 14.00-15.00 CEST. Topics to be discussed by the DCCinclude the dissemination of the new IAPH cyber resilienceguidelines for

The impact of Quantum and AI on port cybersecurity 

June 20, 2025

The next IAPH - Mercator Media webinar will take place in just over two weeks. This time, the focus will be on two new emerging technologies and how their deployment at ports could impact cybersecurity. Artificial intelligence and quantum computing are just two of the technologies examined in the upcoming IAPH cyber resilience guidelines for emerging technologies in the maritime supply chain. These guidelines have been written by 28 authors including IAPH regular members, associate members and

Strong Asian presence at #IAPH2025

June 20, 2025

Those delegates from outside Asia-Pacificwho attend theupcoming IAPH 2025 World Ports Conference in Kobe will enjoy aunique opportunity to network with top speakers and representatives from the region. This includes the three senior executives comprising the openingplenary panelon day one, where they will addressthemain conference theme of 'reinventing trade to preserve prosperity in turbulent times'. In this session, attendees will receiveinsights from representatives of two of the largest sh

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