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Workstreams take shape for Technical Committee Days

January 23, 2025

Topical themes have been established for the upcoming IAPH Technical Committee Days, held in March at the International Chamber of Shipping in the heart of the City of London. The programme will kick off at 13.30 GMT on 26 March, with a full day of meetings on 27 March, concluding with lunch at 14.00 GMT on 28 March. As in previous editions, the programme will be split between plenary sessions of interest to all attendees and breakout sessions, which will comprise workshops and discussions on sp

Chloe Rowland joins IAPH as senior manager – DC/R&R

January 23, 2025

IAPH is delighted to announce that Chloe Rowland will be joining the IAPH team as senior manager of Data Collaboration & Risk and Resilience from 3 March. Chloe moderated the highly successful University of Plymouth Cyber-SHIP Lab Maritime Cyber Attack Mitigation Workshop which took place at last year’sIAPH World Ports Conferencein Hamburg in October. Originally qualifying as a commercial litigation lawyer, Chloe has been working in project management at the University of Plymouth for the past 1

IAPH and Mercator Media announce #IAPH2025 webinars

January 23, 2025

IAPH and Mercator Media are excited to announce the details of the #IAPH2025 webinar series, leading up to theWorld Ports Conferencetaking place in Kobe, Japan on 7-9 October 2025! These webinars will keep members informed on hot topics due for discussion this October, when industry-leading speakers will gather in Kobe for the association’s 70th anniversary conference. Each webinar will cover one or more of the areas of interest of theWorld Ports Sustainability Program. The topics for this serie

Ports and Harbors sets the agenda for 2025

January 23, 2025

The January-February issue of Ports & Harbors, the membership magazine of the IAPH, has just been published. In this first edition of the magazine for 2025, Port of Antwerp-Bruges CEO Jacques Vandermeiren addresses some of the many challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the coming year.Recently electedas the IAPH regional vice president for Europe, he speaks about building ports' resilience, sustainability and their role in the energy transition. He also outlines his port’s work in

Countdown to #IAPH2025: Mayor of Kobe takes the helm

January 23, 2025

IAPH returned home to Japan for its 1967 conference held in Tokyo – an event that was approached as a matter of national importance by the Japanese government. The minister of transport was appointed as chairman of the organising committee and 20 IAPH representatives were received by the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace. Appropriately, the conference saw the mayor of Kobe, Dr Chujiro Haraguchi (pictured), elected president of IAPH. Haraguchi had been instrumental in Kobe’s selection

Fernanda Sossai appointed as new vice chair of C&E

January 10, 2025

Following nomination and approval from the IAPH board,Fernanda SossaiofPorto do Açuwas appointedvice chair of the IAPH Climate and Energy technical committee. Fernanda steps into the place of thenewly appointed chairof the same committee, Port of Gotherburg’s Edvard Molitor. Fernanda heads up port development and ESG at the Port of Açu in Brazil and has been involved inmany of the projectssubmitted by the port to the IAPH World Ports Sustainability Program, several of which have been eitherwin

IAPH website gets an upgrade

January 10, 2025

Following the collective efforts of the IAPH team, the IAPH website (iaphworldports.org) has been updated and upgraded for both members and public users. Thepublic areahas been revamped with comprehensive sections for Climate and Energy, Data Collaboration and Risk and Resilience, which contain reports and topics arranged by categories. Our regular members are describedin detail by regionon the members section, with hyperlinks to the websites of all our associate members,also by region.There i

Countdown to #IAPH2025: 1965 milestone in London

January 10, 2025

Three organisational factors make IAPH an effective representational body for world ports: its standing as a recognised NGO, its consultative status with crucial international organisations, and the fact that it operates on a truly global basis. In the association’sinfancy, each of these features represented a long-term institutional goal, and all three milestones were reached around the time of the organisation’s 10th anniversary – marked by the Fourth Conference of the IAPH, which took place i

Jacques Vandermeiren elected onto the IAPH board as regional vice president for Europe

December 18, 2024

CEO of Port of Antwerp-Bruges is appointed following IAPH election in the Europe region The International Association of Ports & Harbors (IAPH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of Port of Antwerp-Bruges, to the board as regional vice president of the Europe Region. The post was previously held by the former regional VP Stéphane Raison of HAROPA, who has joined the French national energy provider EDF. Before his appointment at the Port Authority, Jacques

Seasons Greetings from IAPH

December 13, 2024

IAPH wants to extend its thanks to all members, board members, council members, committees, working group chairs and partners who have contributed to the work of IAPH in 2024. The association can look back on an eventful year, including a wonderfulannual conference in Hamburgand a flow of new products being developed, under the thematic areas ofClimate and Energy,Data CollaborationandRisk and Resilience. Next year will be a very special year for IAPH, as the association celebrates its 70th anniv

Countdown #IAPH2025: an inspirational message from JFK

December 13, 2024

The 1963 edition of IAPH’s International Ports Conference, held in New Orleans, opened with a message from the American President, John F. Kennedy. “We welcome to our shores this group representing ports of the free world,” the president wrote. “Your efforts in the promotion of world trade make an important contribution to the improvement of living standards everywhere and to mankind’s goal of world peace. Best wishes for a successful gathering, John Kennedy.” Held May 1–4, this edition of the c

New IAPH Membership dues starting from 2025

December 13, 2024

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well under the present circumstances. First of all, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of our association for long years. The IAPH Board decided in 2022 to introduce an indexation of membership dues, linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Japan and Belgium, the countries where our operational units are located and where we have our main organizational costs, for our organization to be financially sustainable and h

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