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Spotlight on Belt & Road at IAPH 2019 World Ports Conference in Guangzhou

Spotlight on Belt & Road at IAPH 2019 World Ports Conference in Guangzhou 

Senior executives from the worlds’ largest ports will assess the impact of China’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) alongside shipowners including COSCO, Maersk and Carnival as well as Chinese and international corporations such as Huawei, Alibaba and Amazon.

The program being prepared for the IAPH 2019 Guangzhou World Ports Conference in China from 6th to 12th of May will ensure valuable insights for port authorities, port...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/29/spotlight-on-belt-road-at-iaph-2019-world-ports-conference-in-guangzhou/

IMO issues ship and port emissions toolkits

IMO has developed a new set of toolkits to assess and address emissions from ships and ports. The Ship Emissions Toolkit and Port Emissions Toolkit have been developed under the GEF-UNDP-IMO Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships (GloMEEP) Project, in collaboration with its strategic partners, IMarEST and IAPH.

Astrid Dispert, GloMEEP Technical Adviser, said the guides would help support countries seeking to develop and strengthen national policy and regulatory frameworks related to the...

https://safety4sea.com/imo-issues-ship-and-port-emissions-toolkits/

IAPH Women’s Forum: Pushing the agenda for women in ports

The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) issued its annual report for 2017-2018 noting a significant progress on the field of women in ports, with the appointment of two new vice-chairs and members at IAPH Women’s Forum.

The Forum was established in 2012 to advance and empower women in the maritime industry. It creates a platform to discuss women’s issues in the industry and ways to encourage women to join the industry, and to promote training programmes enabling women to better...

https://safety4sea.com/iaph-womens-forum-pushing-the-agenda-for-women-in-ports/

IAPH launches LNG accreditation tool

As the adoption of LNG is becoming a reality amid emerging regulations in the industry, IAPH announced the launch of an audit and accreditation tool to recognise good LNG bunker facility operators and to have a deterrent effect on possible malpractice in the industry. The tool aims at supporting ports in making the transition from conventional HFO bunkers to low-sulphur offerings.

IAPH working group has, over the past 18 months, been developing the tool which seeks to ensure the responsibilities...

https://safety4sea.com/iaph-launches-lng-accreditation-tool/

IAPH Working Group finalises industry standard LNG Bunker Operations Audit tool for global deployment

Port Authorities finalise a standard audit tool for worldwide use after consulting key industry players. Operators applying for licenses to operate LNG bunkering facilities in multiple locations will be able to benefit from this new IAPH tool.

Antwerp, September 27th, 2018

Meeting in Bremerhaven at the end of July, the IAPH Working Group on LNG fuelled vessels made significant progress in developing a comprehensive IAPH audit tool for LNG Bunker Operations (IAT-LNG). The first version will now...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/09/27/iaph-working-group-finalises-industry-standard-lng-bunker-operations-audit-tool-for-global-deployment/

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