The winners of the 2022 IAPH Sustainability Awards were announced during the official gala dinner of the World Ports Conference in Vancouver. With projects from 26 different countries this year, we were delighted to see that such a diverse group of winners have been selected from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania by the jury and voters. The Sustainability Awards come in six categories, which are in accordance with the themes of the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP). In addition, the IAPH legacy Akiyama Award was handed out in Vancouver and two distinguished members were given special recognition. The Climate and Energy award was won by DP World Posorja with its Mangrove Reforestation project. In the category Digitalisation, the award went to the collaborative project PASSport, which involves IAPH members Hamburg Port Authority, HAROPA Port and Port of Valencia. Hamburg Port Authority won the Environmental Care award with the EU-funded SeaClear project. In the category Health, Safety and Security, the winning project was Northport Malaysia’s Journey Towards HSE Excellence. The port of Vigo won the award in the category Infrastructure, with the EU-funded Living Ports project. The Community Building award went to Solomon Islands Ports Authority for its Renewable Energy for Sustainable Community project. At the gala dinner, IAPH also presented the Akiyama Award, which is in memory of one of IAPH founding fathers Toru Akiyama, who was secretary-general of the organisation from 1967 to 1973. This award goes to the highest placed IAPH Sustainability Awards finalist runner-up from a least developed country or a small island developing state. The award was handed out to Fiji Ports Corporation, for its Green Port Initiative, alleviating climate impacts across the Fiji Islands. To conclude the gala awards, IAPH President Captain Subramaniam paid tribute to former IAPH president Santiago Garcia Milà and legal committee chairman and legal counsel Frans van Zoelen, for their long-term outstanding contribution to the work of the organisation. We congratulate all winners and special mentions, and we hope that members will be both inspired and motivated to join next year’s IAPH Sustainability Awards competition. You can see the pictures of the Awards ceremony in the conference photo album and watch a full recording in the video below.
