PIANC, in cooperation with IADC, is organizing an international conference on Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) in Brussels on 6 October 2022.

Questions asked and to be addressed are (i) how can early involvement of the main contractor and its supply chain create value for the developer of an infrastructure project?

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed the departure from Odesa of the first commercial ship to leave the port under the United Nations supported Black Sea Grain Initiative to establish a humanitarian maritime corridor for the safe passage of ships from Ukraine. 

Financial assistance must be expanded to help developing and least-developed country (LDC) members establish sustainable fisheries in light of an historic World Trade Organization agreement to curb harmful fishing subsidies. This comment was made by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at an Aid for Trade Global Review event on 27 July.

Newly arrived tugboat SAAM CONDOR, left, is pictured being welcomed to Peru by her sister tug ALBATROS after being delivered to SAAM Towage by leading Turkish tugboat builder Sanmar Shipyards.

Like her sister, SAAM CONDOR is based on the exclusive to Sanmar RAmparts 2400SX design from Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd. Both tugs will work out of the Port of Callao.

The Normal Amsterdam Water Level (NAP) has been used as the basis for Vessel Traffic Services in the port of Rotterdam for some 200 years. On 1 July, the Port of Rotterdam Authority will abandon NAP in shipping communication. As from that day, it will use the Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide (ALAT) as a reference for water depths and water levels in the admission policy. Internationally, this reference is common practice in shipping.

IHMA is delighted to announce that Captain Kalid Samir and his team at Tanger Med Port Authority will host the next biennial Congress in 2024 with the dates to be confirmed.

The official host port announcement was made at the close of the Association’s 2022 Ordinary General Meeting on 29 June in Kuala Lumpur.

Introducing Tanger Med

Canadians are proud of their oceans. With the longest coastline in the world, marine and coastal areas are essential to Canadian livelihoods and the economy.

Sharing similar visions for the future, the Port of Cork Company was delighted to welcome Inis Offshore Wind, one of Ireland’s leading renewable energy firms recently, to discuss the future of Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) sector and to explore the opportunities for Cork Harbour.  This was reported in June.

The Port of Cork Company (PoCC) has published its Annual Report for 2021, highlighting strong financial performance, with turnover and profit improvement as a result of growth in port traffic combined with a strong focus on efficiency.

To view or download a copy of the PoCC Annual Report 2021 at 98 pages readers are invited to see here:

The International Harbour Masters’ Association is pleased to announce the selection of Captain Paul O’Regan as its new President. Paul has served as an Officer of the Association since 2012 and as Vice President since 2015.