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Number of women occupying management roles reaches 41% at Panama’s Manzanillo International Terminal

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Port of Amsterdam – Vision on responsible supply chains

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Port Authority of NY & NJ – Clean Vessel Incentive (CVI) Program

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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

Sabah Ports – Green Port Policy and Program

Maryland Port Administration – Climate Change Adaptation & Stormwater Treatment

Ports of Stockholm – Carbon footprint, energy optimization and sustainability reporting

Partner projects

PIANC – Climate Change Adaptation

IAPH – LNG fueled Vessels

PIANC – Sustainable Ports Guide

News

Number of women occupying management roles reaches 41% at Panama’s Manzanillo International Terminal

Panamanian terminal operator MIT has more than doubled its percentage of women managers from six senior managers in 2003 to thirteen today.

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.

News

IAPH Sustainability Awards competition opens ahead of 2019 World Ports Conference in Guangzhou

IAPH invites entries from ports worldwide in five project award categories with a special award for ports in developing countries

IAPH LNG bunkering audit tool already used to licence operations at Port of Rotterdam

Port of Rotterdam’s Cees Boon showcases LNG bunkering audit tool developed by the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels Working Group for port authorities at the LNG Ship/Shore Conference in London. LNG bunkering operations set to grow exponentially...