The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD), along with the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), signed a two-year coalition partnership agreement focused on accelerating decarbonization of the maritime sector.
This initiative brings together GCMD’s expertise in closing operational, safety, and technical gaps across the shipping value chain with IAPH’s clean marine fuels and port readiness level expert working groups as part of its global port network comprising more than 200 port authorities and operators in over 85 countries.
Both the companies together, GCMD and IAPH, aim to strengthen the industry’s readiness for shipping’s fuel transition by tackling challenges and seizing opportunities in advancing alternative fuel bunkering, developing port infrastructure, and shaping evolving regulatory frameworks.
With its Clean Marine Fuels Working Group, IAPH has created practical tools for ports and shipping that facilitate safe and efficient bunker operations for all existing and upcoming clean marine fuels.
Executive Statement
According to Professor Lynn Loo, CEO, GCMD, in nearly all of GCMD’s pilots, ports have been pivotal to success—whether in enabling the world’s first ship-to-ship ammonia transfer at the Pilbara, bunkering across six biofuel supply chains in Singapore or the Port of Rotterdam, or demonstrating the full value chain for onboard captured CO2 in China. Their collaboration with IAPH brings global reach and influence that will help us deepen our work with ports, turning pilot learnings into scalable operations essential for the energy transition.
According to Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director, IAPH, they look forward to teaming up with GCMD’s experts, who will work with their port members to co-develop tools to help further accelerate the decarbonisation of the maritime sector and to derisk long-term investments in port infrastructure, which will be essential for the industry’s energy transition.