IAPH technical director Antonis Michail took part online in the 12th International Maritime Transport and Logistics Conference (MARLOG 12) on Sustainable & Innovative Technologies Towards a Resilient Future that took place in Alexandria, Egypt from 12 to 14 March. The conference was organised by IAPH associate member, the Port Training Institute of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). The event attracted many ports and port stakeholders from Africa, Europe and Middle East. Antonis gave a virtual presentation on the key challenges for the sustainable development of ports while highlighting the IAPH perspective and ongoing work. He went through the key considerations for ports when it comes to energy transition, digital transformation and risk and resilience, and explained the main IAPH initiatives and recent publications in these fields. Antonis further presented the overall IAPH approach on sustainability under the World Port Sustainability Program and invited participating ports to join and contribute to this effort.
