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President's message
| 题名： | President's message |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CAPTAIN SUBRAMANIAM |
| 摘要： | The successful edition of the 2022 IAPH World Ports Conference in Vancouver in May marked the return to face-to-face interaction that we have allbeenlong-ing for and that is so essential for a people's business such as ours. It was heart-warming to see so many colleagues in person again. I returned from Vancouver encouraged by the enthusiasm our members expressed about the IAPH work program for the coming term. We will need that enthusiasm going forward as the global landscape for ports certainly has not become simpler. The supply chain crunch has not relented and is now accompanied by a full-blown energy supply crisis. Meanwhile, the effects of global warming are becoming more visible, with scorching temperatures, floods, and hurricanes affecting various parts of the globe. Geopolitical tensions are rife with further outbreaks of armed conflict not to be excluded. The permanent state of crisis the world appears to be in underlines the relevance of the strategic themes we identified back in 2020. Risk and resilience, climate and energy, and data collaboration are the generational challenges that our -and many other - industries are facing today. The 'Close the gaps' theme that we selected for the 2022 World Ports Conference formed the start of a process, whereby we have set ourselves the task to raise the competitiveness of ports in these uncertain times. After having identified the competitiveness gaps in Vancouver and the regional workshops that preceded the conference, we are now working toward concrete actions that can help ports become more resilient and efficient, making best use of innovation and playing a catalyst role in energy transition, together with their customers and partners in the logistics chain in the maritime and landside domains. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Ports & harbors |
| 期： | 2021/2022ANNUALREPORT |
| 页码： | 6-7 |
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