Last week, IAPH and IMO organised a joint workshop on port actions for greener shipping, in the context of the IMO Norway GreenVoyage2050 project, of which IAPH is a partner. The workshop attracted more than fifty port and maritime industry professionals from India and GreenVoyage2050 client countries including Azerbaijan, Belize, China, Kenya, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Over the three days the participants became familiar with the actions that ports can take to facilitate the decarbonisation of maritime transport, as listed in the revised IMO Port Resolution of 16 December 2022. Particular attention was placed on the provision of onshore power supply from renewable energy sources and on preparing ports to accommodate or bunker ships sailing on low- and zero-carbon fuels. IAPH was represented by its associate member Bruce Anderson (Starcrest), who acted as the main trainer under the OPS stream, and IAPH Clean Marine Fuels working group chair, Peter Alkema, who led the alternative fuels stream. Furthermore, IAPH managing director Patrick Verhoeven gave an opening welcome speech and IAPH’s India representative, Ennarasu Karunesan, discussed efforts of Indian ports to support shipping’s decarbonisation. IAPH technical director Antonis Michail presented best practice examples from the IAPH World Ports Sustainability Program addressing both the provision of onshore power supply and alternative low- and zero-carbon fuels. IAPH will continue working with IMO and Norway under the GreenVoyage 2050 framework to build capacity in the world ports community on decarbonisation of ports and shipping.
