Following nomination and approval from the IAPH board, Fernanda Sossai of Porto do Açu was appointed vice chair of the IAPH Climate and Energy technical committee. Fernanda steps into the place of the newly appointed chair of the same committee, Port of Gotherburg’s Edvard Molitor. Fernanda heads up port development and ESG at the Port of Açu in Brazil and has been involved in many of the projects submitted by the port to the IAPH World Ports Sustainability Program, several of which have been either winners or runners up in several categories in recent years. An environmental engineer by academic background, Fernanda has also specialised in work safety and process engineering at various universities in Brazil and has worked in several Brazilian energy companies before joining the port as the head of HSE. You will be able to learn more about Fernanda’s perspectives on port sustainability in a new interview with her, featured in the forthcoming January – February issue of Ports & Harbors magazine.
