The latest edition of Ports & Harbors magazine is available, featuring a cover interview with Japanese shipping executive Sakura Kuma, executive officer of MOL and managing director of MOL (Asia and Oceania). She talks about the importance of nurturing new industry talent and how she plans to inspire change by launching the Japan chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) at the #IAPH2025 World Ports Conference in Kobe next week. Appropriately, the regional focus for this edition is Japan – P&H investigates the nation’s port infrastructure, including pioneering work in the development of a supply chain for liquefied hydrogen. Also in this issue, editor Martin Clark speaks to R. Duncan McIntosh, senior regional maritime specialist at the Asian Development Bank, about how the institution is helping Asia-Pacific ports evolve into smarter, more resilient gateways for future trade, connectivity and climate adaptation. There are also expert views from Bud Darr, president & CEO, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), a look at some of the pioneering cybersecurity work undertaken by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), and an examination of how Busan Port retained jobs and retrained its workforce during a technological transition.
