IHMA announces latest round of bursaries for Diploma in Harbour Masters Programme at Lloyd’s Maritime Academy
The International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA) has announced the recipients of its latest round of bursaries towards the Diploma in Harbour Masters Programme of Lloyd’s Maritime Academy.
The IHMA has been providing bursaries, which count towards 50% of course fees, since 2007. In that time, the association has awarded approximately 30 bursaries to aspiring harbour masters.
On this occasion the bursary recipients are as follows:
Greg Tandy, Hydrographic Surveyor, UK.
Damien Allen, Assistant Harbour Master, Port of Cork, Ireland.
Harvesting rainwater
A rainwater harvesting system proposed by Ms Rabiah Nadir is helping Johor Port, Malaysia, save fresh water, minimize chances of flooding and contribute to global goals.
It is estimated that the scheme will save up to ten million litres of freshwater each year.
UNCTAD’s TrainForTRade programme
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2022 Navigating stormy waters
Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, climate change and geopolitics have wreaked havoc on maritime transport and logistics, clogging some ports and closing others, reconfiguring routes, extending delays and pushing up shipping costs.
Energy auto-supply, a future challenge for terminals. The case of BEST
It was reported on 21 November thatHutchison Ports BEST terminal has installed 1,832 solar panels on almost half an hectare of its buildings. BEST has already contracted electricity with a 100% renewable origin guarantee at the beginning of 2022, and thus maintains its strong commitment to the decarbonisation of the sector.
Panama Maritime Authority Merchant Marine Notice Flag Annual Safety Inspection for vessels transiting through Panama with a destination of the ports in the Paris MoU Area
We learnt this month, November, that the Panama Maritime Authority has issued
Panama Maritime Authority Merchant Marine Notice No MNM-13/2022.
For a copy see here:
Blue Economy for Resilient Africa Program
In recent days the Word Bank has issued a briefing on the Blue Economy for Resilient Africa Program.
There is an introductory video available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJGC3FBd1Tc
IAPH and Clean Energy Marine Hubs network
At COP27, three more governments have endorsed the worldwide cross-sector initiative to catalyse the supply of green fuels, and support the global energy transition, which was initiated by the ICS and IAPH at the Clean Energy Summit in Pittsburgh last September.
Panama, Uruguay, and Norway have now signed up to the Clean Energy Marine Hub Initiative (CEM-Hubs)1.
ESPO Award 2022 Barcelona Port Authority wins
On 8 November, Barcelona Port Authority won the ESPO Award 2022 in recognition of the role of maritime passenger transport in enhancing the city connectivity and bringing added value to the local community.
Ammonia-fuelled vessels ABS supports China Shipbuilding
On 9 November it was announced from Shanghai that ABS had awarded two approvals in principle (AIPs) to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Technology Co., Ltd., for their ammonia-fuelled vessel and ammonia supply system designs which are being trialled on a tug.
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The International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are pleased to announce the 15th International Harbour Masters Association Congress, to be held from 09–12 June 2026 at Theater Zuidplein in Rotterdam.
Naresh Sewnath, Senior Harbour Master at Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) in South Africa’s Port of Durban, began his maritime career back in 1988. He started out as a cadet with TNPA (then known as South African Transport Services (SATS).
