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Collaborative project – PIXEL

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IAPH announces the winning projects of the World Ports Sustainability Awards

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Port Coogee – Maritime Trail

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Our mission

The World Ports Sustainability Program aims to demonstrate global leadership of ports in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The program wants to empower port community actors worldwide to engage with business, governmental and societal stakeholders in creating sustainable added value for the local communities and wider regions in which their ports are embedded.

Ports are the connecting nodes of global trade and world economy. There is no way that we can move this world towards sustainability without ports.
Christiana Figueres – Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

By creating the World Ports Sustainability Program today, the global port sector is committing itself to making an active contribution to the sustainable future that we all want and need.
Kitack Lim – IMO Secretary General

WPSP is a very concrete effort to show global leadership of ports worldwide in integrating sustainability into their policies, using the SDGs as their baseline.
Her Majesty the Queen of Belgium

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Areas of interest

Climate and Energy

Community outreach and port-city dialogue

Governance and Ethics

Resilient Infrastructure

Safety and Security

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Portfolio

Port projects

Port of Hamburg – 5G-MoNArch

Port of Marseille – GuideMeMarseille

Port of London – Expanding Passive Litter Collection on the Thames

Partner projects

ESPO – Societal Integration initiatives

PIANC – Navigating a Changing Climate

AIVP – Port-City Governance publication

News

WPCAP ports aligned in series of new climate change actions

WPCAP ports aligned in series of new climate change actions The World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP) participants have confirmed their resolve to combat climate change. On June 11, 2020, CEO’s of the eleven WPCAP ports...

Ports of Los Angeles, Açu & Amsterdam compete for WPSP Safety and Security Award on 24 June

A fully operating port cyber security center, coastal emergency plan and interactive ISPS port security mobile app up as WPSP Safety & Security Award finalists

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High volume vessel calls as a result of blank sailings put pressure on port operations

Post-lockdown traffic added to seasonal tourism and essential roadworks causes delays to cargo and traffic at some ports. Vessel crew changes reported for the first time.