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#IAPH2025: recovery and redevelopment

April 18, 2025

Registrants for this year’s World Ports Conference in Kobe will have a unique opportunity to learn first hand about infrastructure resilience and port-city regeneration, in the 30th anniversary year of the Great Hanshin Earthquake. On 17 January 1995, the people of Kobe awoke to an earthquake that claimed thousands of lives and inflicted a complete collapse in infrastructure, communications, and transport. Yet within three days of the disaster, the port established temporary sailing routes to as

IAPH Data Collaboration committee to meet late June

April 18, 2025

The IAPHData Collaborationcommittee will meet online on Monday 30 June 2025, from 16:00-17:30 CEST. The meeting agenda and documents will be shared at a later date. Members wishing to join these committee meetings who have not received a calendar invite should contact IAPH director (technical committees)Takeshi Suzuki.

Countdown to #IAPH2025: sustainability and resilience

April 18, 2025

In the mid-1990s, two of the association’s core themes –climate and energyandrisk and resilience–were thrust to the forefront of the agenda at the IAPH Conference, in ways that still resonate today. The 1993 edition was held in Australia, with an opening ceremony at the world-famous Sydney Opera House. Following on from the introduction of IAPH guidelines at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Earth Summitthe year before, the conference passed a resolution on ship’s port fees, assertin

Latest ESI scores published

April 18, 2025

The latest scores of the IAPH Environmental Ship Index (ESI) were published by the scheme administrator Green Award Foundation on 1 April. The number of vessels with an ESI score of 20 or above is at 4,552 and the total number of vessels in the ESI database is at 6,021. The average ESI score is 32.3. The number of incentive providers now stands at 76. In 2026, the main ESI score for air emissionwill transferto ‘ESI Core’ and accordingly all Incentive Providers (IPs) are advised to adjust their i

IAPH welcomes inclusion of port-related infrastructure and equipment in MEPC 83 compromise

April 14, 2025

IAPH welcomes the agreement reached last Friday at the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) on the package of new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction regulations known as the “IMO net-zero framework”. The agreement on the economic measure, which has been put forward by MEPC83 for formal adoption later this year for implementation by 2028, is a compromise which serves as a global framework that will ultimately encourage the adoption of low and zero carbon fuels for an

Welcome! Container Trades Statistics Limited from the United Kingdom

April 11, 2025

We are pleased to announce that Container Trades Statistics Limited has joined the IAPH as an associate member. Container Trades Statistics Limited (CTS) has been a trusted source of quality TEU volume and price index data since 2008 when it was initially established as a wholly owned subsidiary of the European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA). CTS has provided a reliable and objective data source for the liner industry. Following ELAA’s closure in 2010, CTS became the designated data service

Successful IAPH Technical Committee Days held in London

April 04, 2025

The third edition of the IAPH Technical Committee Days were successfully held last week in London, 26-28 March at the offices of the International Chamber of Shipping. In-person capacity was at maximum, with 75 attendees on site and50 members connecting online, collectivelyrepresenting some 45 ports and 13 associate members. The three strategic committee themes –climate and energy,data collaborationandrisk and resiliencewere discussed in depth with invited guests from IMO, UNCTAD, the World Bank

IAPH Climate & Energy WGs in full flow in London

April 04, 2025

On Monday and Tuesday last week, IAPH member experts from a variety of port authority teams –including harbour masters, sustainability, bunkering, hazardous cargo and safety – met to discuss and develop the coming suite ofClean Marine FuelsWorking Group andPort Readiness LevelWorking Group tools. These volunteer ports are making efforts to equip the global maritime community with the tools to assess candidate bunker operators, prepare terminals and ports for new vessel calls propelled by the new

Guimara Tuñón to develop IAPH presence in C-S America

April 04, 2025

IAPH has appointed Guimara Tuñón Guerra as development director of the Central and South America region, in a newly created role intended to increase regional engagement and expand membership. With more than 20 years of experience in the maritime sector, Guimara has worked across public and private institutions in the fields of port operations, maritime transportation, logistics, and maritime business administration. Guimara occupied the role of IAPH regional vice president for the region in the

Deadline for IAPH Sustainability Awards approaching

April 04, 2025

There is less than one month remaining to submit projects for the #IAPH2025 Sustainability Awards. Member ports and associate members acting on behalf of regular member ports are encouraged to submit their initiatives using theWorld Ports Sustainability Program(WPSP) dedicated online form by 9 May. You can submit your projecthere. Projects will be evaluated over the May-July period by an independent jury of experts against the Awards’evaluation criteria. Projects will be highlighted on IAPH’s so

Tour the Kobe Hy Touch at #IAPH2025

April 04, 2025

Registrants for this year’s World Ports Conference in Kobe will have the opportunity to book their place for a technical visit to theHy touch Kobe, a Liquified Hydrogen Receiving Terminal. Located on Kobe Airport Island in the Hyogo Prefecture, HySTRA, the research association consortium formed by Shell Japan, Iwatani Corporation, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, has constructed – and is conducting pilot demonstration tests at – this receiving terminal equipped with a loading arm that can transfer

Countdown to #IAPH2025: connecting and protecting

April 04, 2025

As the1980sdrew to a close, IAPH’s work reflected a period of increasing digitalisation and environmental stewardship. In 1989, the Association’s conference returned to the United States for the first time inmore than a decade. That April, 700 delegates from 66 countries gathered at the Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel in Miami Beach under the theme of ‘The Intercontinental Connection.’ This focus on connections was appropriate, as the world was becoming increasingly networked, thanks to the rapid gro