At the conclusion of the 2023 World Ports Conference in Abu Dhabi, incoming IAPH president Jens Meier announced that Hamburg Port Authority will be the host sponsor of next year’s IAPH conference.
The dates have been confirmed for 8-10 October 2024 and will be held in the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH) with up to 1000 delegates expected.
This will be the first conference that IAPH is organising in partnership with Mercator Media. UK based Mercator has a long-standing understanding of the ports and terminals sector through publishing the highly respected Port Strategy magazine, producing GreenPort Congress, GreenPort Oceania. The partnership includes the organisation of the 2024, 2025, and 2026 World Ports Conferences. The 2025 World Ports Conference has already been decided to be held in Kobe, Japan, to mark the 70th anniversary of IAPH.
Mercator Media will also be taking over the publication of the Ports & Harbors magazine.
Andrew Webster, Chief Executive of Mercator commented, ‘Ports facilitate world trade and working with the leading representative association to help enhance The World Ports Conference and Ports & Harbors magazine will be a great opportunity for the team at Mercator. It also complements our existing activities in this vital industry sector’.
