Webinar: WPSP (World Ports Sustainability Program): Demonstrating Best Practice by Mercator Media

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About This Webinar

Last October in Hamburg, the global IAPH world ports community celebrated the latest award-winning projects of its highly successful World Ports Sustainability Program, which now has 401 examples of best practices from 161 ports in 65 countries. As we look ahead to 2025, we will find out about the key priorities on leading port members’ agendas when it comes to sustainability – what, when, why and where and by whom.

The audience will also be invited to select and vote for their own priorities next year on topics related to climate and energy, infrastructure, digitalization, community building, environmental care and health, safety and security. Their choices will influence the topics of next year’s IAPH Regional Harbor Cafés and IAPH-Mercator open webinars for next year.

So don’t miss your chance to influence the IAPH agenda for next year. Join us either on 3 of 4 December, depending on your time zone. See you online then!

Agenda

Opening remarks by Jens Meier, IAPH President and CEO of Hamburg Ports Authority
IAPH’s Victor Shieh interviews Stefan Krattiger of IKEA Supply Chain Operations on their ports’ sustainability priorities for 2024
We look at the key energy transition and environmental port topics in what will be a crucial year for IMO in 2025
A strategic overview of infrastructure, and what sort of infrastructure priorities ports will have next year
Experts will examine what will be the major data collaboration priorities for port authorities and their stakeholders in the next 12 months
We will learn how ports can genuinely become community builders and strengthen their license to operate now and in the future
We will identify key priorities in Health Safety and Security for ports in 2025
IAPH Technical Director Antonis Michail will comment on what to expect from the World Ports Sustainability Program in 2025
Closing remarks by Jens Meier, IAPH President and CEO of Hamburg Ports Authority

Presenters

Moderator - Victor Shieh

Strategy and Communications Director - IAPH

Victor Shieh is IAPH’s Strategy and Communications Director, having commenced work for IAPH as Communications Partner for its World Ports Sustainability Program which launched in 2018.

Victor has been involved in the maritime and logistics industry since he graduated in BCom from The University of Birmingham, beginning his career as a management trainee of the National Freight Consortium in the UK before leaving for Spain. There he commercially managed an enterprise serving Iberian ports and logistics operations with real-time radio data solutions.

He then moved to Belgium in 1998 where he was European Business Unit Manager for voice-based logistics data systems. He then joined Safmarine Container Lines as Global PR and Communications Executive , a Maersk subsidiary with roots in Africa.

Following ten years in the role, Victor set up his own communications agency, advising shipowners, offshore companies, ports, terminal operators, supply chain logistics companies, and forwarders on all aspects of corporate communications.

Jens Meier

CEO, Hamburg Port Authority and President, International Association of Ports & Harbors

Jens Meier (56), a computer scientist graduate, has been CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) since 2008. With over 25 years of experience in the port, logistics, finance and IT sectors, he is a proven expert and renowned speaker on future maritime issues and in the field of digitalization and cyber security.

Jens Meier, elected IAPH Vice President for Europe in 2019, served in this capacity at the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) for a four year tenure, during which he also assumed a temporary vice-presidency for Africa. He was elected IAPH President in summer 2023 and has been in office since November of the same
year

Edvard Molitor

Head of International Public Affairs & Sustainability, Gothenburg Port Authority Chair, Climate and Energy Technical Committee, IAPH

Edvard Molitor is the Head of International Public Affairs & Sustainability in the Port of Gothenburg and is responsible for external relations in a global context with a special focus on sustainable development and decarbonization of ports and shipping. He is the key representative of the port authority within global organizations and associations on matters related to sustainability and environment.

In 2024 Mr Molitor was appointed Chair of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) Climate and Energy Committee. Mr Molitor is also a Board Member within the Environmental Ship Index, and from 2017 to 2020 he chaired the Sustainable Development Committee of the European SeaPorts Organisation.

Mr Molitor has a wide international experience of environmental management, sustainable development, maritime operations, and marine pollution response, and holds a M.Sc. degree in Aquatic and Environmental Engineering from Uppsala University. Mr Molitor has previously worked at SSPA Sweden AB, at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and at the Swedish Coast Guard Headquarters.

Antonis Michail

Technical Director, World Ports Sustainability Program, IAPH

Dr Antonis Michail is an engineer in background with specialisation on the environmental management of ports and freight transport systems at Master and PhD level, and with more than 18 years of professional experience in these fields. In 2018, Antonis joined the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) as Technical Director of its Policy and Strategy Unit and the World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP). As such, Antonis coordinates the work of the IAPH Technical Committees on Climate and Energy, Risk and Resilience and Data Collaboration and supervises all initiatives under the WPSP umbrella.

Before joining IAPH, Antonis worked for 8 years as Senior Policy Advisor on sustainability and safety matters at the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO). Since 2003, Antonis was involved in the EcoPorts network of ports from various posts, including managing projects and coordinating the network’s activities and development until 2017.

Tim Verhoeven

Projects & Policy Manager Sustainable Shipping - Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Tim Verhoeven is a Port Environment Expert at the Port of Antwerp – Bruges. His focus lies on climate impact and air emissions of shipping.

As an environmental expert with over 15 years of experience in his field, he has built up a wide range of expertise regarding port operations, port excellence and environmental impact of shipping.

In his current role, he is representing the view of the Port of Antwerp – Bruges on sustainable shipping and the port’s role as a worldwide frontrunner.

He is involved in projects on alternative fuels, onshore power supply and port incentives and active on international and European maritime policy.

Sharing knowledge and strong connections are essential to develop the Port as a home port for a sustainable future.

Eranda Kotelawala

Chief Executive Officer, Solomon Islands Ports Authority

Eranda Kotelawala was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Islands Ports Authority in February 2017. Prior to that, he was the COO of Fiji Ports Corporation Limited managing five major ports of entry into Fiji. Eranda brings 23 years of management experience predominantly in shipping and several other industries in in Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, South Africa, Sultanate of Oman, and Singapore.

He has consulted on Business Process Re-engineering Projects in major Port projects in the South Pacific, the Gulf region and South Africa. Eranda holds a Master’s Degree in Management from Aberdeen Business School, and further specialized in Business Process Re-Engineering. He is a Chartered Fellow of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK, Fellow of Chartered Management Institute UK, Associate Fellow of The Nautical Institute UK, He is also a full member of Institute of Management Consultants Australia.

Stefan Krattiger

Business Development Leader Global Ports, Supply Chain Operations , IKEA Supply AG

IKEA Supply AG , supply chain operations organization within IKEA total 850 co-workers across the world and connects our customers with IKEA products and delivers excellent transport and logistics solutions. Stefan started his career 20 years ago in the freight forwarding industry, where he steadily grew his expertise by leading large industrial infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the World. Besides the project activities he was also in charge for the company’s business development on the African continent, before joining IKEA in January 2022 as Project leader Ports. Sefan occupies a role implemented in the supply chain organization of the Swedish home furnishing company since 2022 to reach a closer cooperation with the Port stakeholders and to optimize the value chain, to become more efficient and transparent in the Port related business.

Rhona Macdonald

Policy and IMO Liaison, IAPH

Rhona Macdonald is the Policy and IMO Liaison Officer for the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) representing ports at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and contributing to policy and project work pertaining to the energy transition, digitalisation and improving resilience in ports. Rhona is also the Senior Sustainability Advisor at the British Ports Association focusing on environmental policy issues and sharing best practice with UK ports. She is currently developing the BPA’s Decarbonisation Programme which includes a Decarbonisation Benchmarking Scheme to highlight UK ports’ progress towards reducing their carbon emissions.

Pascal Ollivier

President of Maritime Street

Pascal Ollivier is the President of Maritime Street, adviser to international financial institutions and governments to shape the future of digital port infrastructure and maritime trade supply chain. He is also the chairman of the International Association of Ports & Harbors (IAPH) Data Collaboration Committee and the founding chairman of the International Port Community System Association. He is the IAPH liaison on digitalization with the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Customs Organisation, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum where he is leading many accelerating digitalization initiatives in the maritime supply chain. Pascal has 20 years of experience on leading policy making and implementing digital port infrastructure and public private data collaboration platforms around the world.