IAPH’s technical work around sustainability progressed in early December through dedicated meetings of committee working groups. First, the Clean Marine Fuels Working Group met on 1 December to discuss and formulate its working agenda for 2026. The meeting was well attended, with more than 30 participants involved in a lively discussion aimed at the completion of the CMF safety suite of tools for low- and zero-carbon fuels. The group also discussed how to build further on efforts to promote and disseminate the CMF tools and how to train IAPH members on their use and application. Sub-working teams were assembled and their activities were scheduled for the start of the new year. On the topic of cruise ports, a dedicated working group had two meetings on 2 and 4 December supported by risk-management consultancy LRQA, with the goal of setting the foundations for a pilot accreditation scheme for sustainable cruise ports. The group built on the outcomes of the cruise committee workshop that took place in Kobe in October (pictured), working to substantiate checklists of requirements that sustainable cruise ports would need to adhere to, in the fields of digitalization and decarbonization. A first draft of the scheme content is due to be presented during the IAPH technical committee days in Singapore, 22-24 April.
