IAPH Board members gathered for a hybrid meeting on 10 July, the second board gathering of 2025. IAPH president Jens Meier and board members Gene Seroka (VP for America North) and Masaharu Shinohara (VP for Asia, South/West, East & Middle East) participated in person in Osaka, Japan. Board members Vinicius Patel (VP for America, Central & South) and Jacques Vandermeiren (VP for Europe) attended remotely. Jens Meier shared with fellow Board members the priorities for his second term of office as president, which will be confirmed at the Annual General Meeting in Kobe this October. Managing director Patrick Verhoeven and secretary-general Masahiko Furuichi provided the Board with the quarterly management report, covering the financial situation, membership development, the transition process of the Environmental Ship Index, implementation of the 2025 work programme, the World Ports Sustainability Program as well as upcoming events, including the World Ports Conference. Board members also discussed the forthcoming election of the IAPH vice-presidents and appointed Sarah Ogier (Port of Seattle) as vice chair of the Climate and Energy Committee.
