For our January and February edition of Ports & Harbors, we have a cover interview with Arsenio Dominguez, who has been appointed as the new IMO secretary-general. He speaks with Patrick Verhoeven about his vision for the organisation. We also have an interview with Belgium’s minister of justice and the North Sea Paul Van Tigchelt, who is currently working on countering illicit trade and drug trafficking, via IMO guidance. The publication also takes a deep dive into cyber threats ports face with the UK University of Plymouth’s Cyber-SHIP and Cyber Resilience of Offshore Wind Networks Labs. There is a feature on the impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on ports, with a legal team offering their views via Wake Up Call. There is the regular nine-to-five, Close the Gaps and Look Out articles, as well as the Column with Paddy Rodgers and the World Ports Tracker Port Performance index summary by Turloch Mooney and Max Janthur of S&P Global. We have a feature focus on Angola and a look at how towage is decarbonising. There is also special article on the Port Endeavor game which is now a finalist in the UN secretary-general awards scheme for 2023. The newly-appointed IAPH VP for North America Gene Seroka offers his perspectives on focus areas for IAPH and outgoing P&H editor Ines Nastali reviews the remarkable true story of Sarah Kidd in Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos’ book ‘The Pirate’s Wife’.
