Last week a delegation from Associação de Terminais Portuários Privados (Association of Brazilian private Ports and Terminals, or ATP) led by IAPH member Porto do Açu visited Belgium on a mission, which took them to Port of Antwerp-Bruges and the other ports in Flanders. ATP members are responsible for 66% of total cargo handled in Brazil. IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven was invited by ATP and Porto do Açu to present IAPH’s current work programme during their initial visit to the Antwerp Port House on Monday, with an MOU signed between ATP and IAPH afterwards to strengthen knowledge sharing and ties. In recent years Porto do Açu has been one of IAPH’s most active regular members, having chaired the IAPH WPSP COVID-19 taskforce and representing IAPH recently at COP 27. The port’s CEO, José Firmo, is IAPH’s vice-president for Central and South America. In the video below Porto do Açu’s head of port relations Caio Cunha speaks with IAPH’s communications director Victor Shieh about the visit.
