NEWS & EVENTS

January 11, 2023

Lines struggle to push up rates amid weak market fundamentals Container shipping lines are facing an uphill battle to increase rates as market prospects remain bleak. The recent traditional cargo rush ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday improved vessel utilization and boosted carriers’ confidence for a price hike. But the reality is less upbeat than expected. Container freight markets are expected to head further south despite a stabilizing spot rate index seen ahead of the Chinese New Year,

Member Ports News(46)

January 10, 2023

Member Port News

Europe and Africa Region 14-Dec Hamburg Port Authority: Hamburg Port info live on your smartphone HAROPA PORT: IKEA deliveries in Paris are made by river! 15-Dec Autorità Portuale di Genova (Port Authority of Genoa): The future Sestri Ponente mega-shipyard Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla: The international group Euroports arrives at the Port of Seville Port of Bergen: Revised traffic regulations on regulation of traffic with recreational vessels out for consultation 16-Dec

Welcome! New Mangalore Port Authority from India

January 06, 2023

News

We are pleased to announce that New Mangalore Port Authority has joined the IAPH as a regular member. The New Mangalore Port is one of India’s Major ports, located in Mangalore of Karnataka State, on the west coast of India. New Mangalore Port Authority has administered the Port since March 2022 after New Mangalore Port Trust ran and governed the Port from April 1980. The Port mainly handles dry and liquid bulk cargo and containerized cargo. For more information, please visit the following web

Third edition of IAPH World Ports Tracker published

December 16, 2022

News

The third edition of the IAPH World Ports Tracker has been published this week. Forthe first time, it combines S&P Global container terminal performance data for the third quarter of the year with survey responses from the world ports community on the same period. These include four new dashboards to reflect the comprehensive analysis being provided by our Risk and Resilience Technical Committee authors professor Theo Notteboom and professor Thanos Pallis. Theo and Thanos analyse year-on-year da

Don’t miss the Maritime Single Window symposium!

December 16, 2022

News

With a deadline of 1 January 2024 set for IMO member states to implement a Maritime Single Window system in their ports, a genuine window of opportunities is now emerging for shipping and ports to use robust international standards to communicate between ships and shore, improving port call efficiencies and ultimately reducing emissions. International Maritime Organization, IAPH and BIMCO are organising a hybrid symposium with support from IPCSA at the iconic IMO headquarters in London. The even

ESI incentive providers plan for 2023

December 16, 2022

News

IAPH'sEnvironmental Ship Index(ESI)key incentive providers gathered in Amsterdam last week on Tuesday together with IAPH-appointed administratorsGreen Award Foundationto review the current status of the Index, including the number of ships and scores, onboard verification performance, andinput from the IAPH board on the ESI budget for 2023. The meeting also plannedthe work roster for 2023, which will include a focus on the development of the at-berth module, beginning with the cruise sector. Thi

Results online IAPH Cruise Committee meeting

December 16, 2022

News

Members of the IAPH Cruise Committee met online this Tuesday, under the leadership of committee chairman Simone Maraschi (Cruise Gate Hamburg). The meeting focused on innovative technologies to improve the sustainability of shipping, with presentations from Linden Coppell, vice-president sustainability and ESG at MSC Cruises, and Jacob Bjarkam, business development manager at PowerCon. Members discussed next steps in the establishment of the IAPH Onshore Power Supply (OPS) Cruise Platform, inclu

Robotics to reduce port pollution: revisit our Harbor Café

December 16, 2022

News

Ourlast regional Harbor Café session of the year was held last Friday. Led by vice-presidents Jens Meier and Michael Luguje of the IAPH Europe and Africa regions, it focused on overcomingsurface water and debris pollution through robotics and automation in a port.There were some fascinating examples and insights from the ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam on using drone technology, Hamburg Port Authority on its joint underwater SEACLEAR robotics project with European partners and the start-up

Last Port Endeavor gameplay of 2022

December 16, 2022

News

Last Thursday, IAPH's partnerAntwerp & Flanders Port Training Center(APEC) gathered participants to play a final round of our World Ports Sustainability Program UN SDG game Port Endeavor this year as part of its marketing and business development course for international port professionals. These included executives from the port authorities of Rio de Janeiro, Gdańsk,Suriname and Luanda, plus representatives from Thailand, Kenya, Gambia, Tanzania and Thailand Ports Authorities,Jordan Maritime Co

A window of opportunities for shipping and ports – IMO – IAPH-BIMCO Maritime Single Window Hybrid Symposium 18 – 19 January

December 15, 2022

NEWS & EVENTS News

Request on active participation in technical committee activities of IAPH

December 15, 2022

News

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well. We are writing to inform you about the decisions that the IAPH Board took during the Board Meeting in London on 28 November 2022, asking your active participation in technical committee activities of IAPH. The Board recognized that three strategic technical committees; 1) climate and energy, 2) data collaboration and 3) risk and resilience have made significant achievements since 2020, mainly owing to the greatest e

New IAPH Membership dues starting from 2023

December 15, 2022

News

Dear Valued IAPH Members, We hope you and your team are keeping well under the present circumstances. First of all, we sincerely appreciate your continued support of our association for long years. The membership dues of IAPH have not been adjusted during the past 25 years. Recent high inflation rates have however made it apparent that a price adjustment of our membership dues is necessary, for our organization to be financially sustainable and healthy. That is why the IAPH Board decided