Its objective is to improve the relationship between city and port through a process of mutual cooperation, for urban, port, and economic development that’s more sustainable, more responsible, and more innovative, putting citizens at the heart of everything you do. As an actor of globalisation, the port city is a laboratory for the city and the economy of tomorrow and where innovations must be encouraged.
Share knowledge and information on the future of port cities and on ongoing and completed projects, between large and small port cities, between developed and developing countries.
Integrate sustainable development to ensure that economic growth takes into account citizens’ quality of life and environmental concerns.
In city-port development or regeneration projects, to counter gentrification of maritime and port spaces and promote social inclusion.
Join AIVP to improve the relationship between city and port through a process of mutual cooperation, for urban, port, and economic development that’s more sustainable, more responsible, and more innovative, putting citizens at the heart of everything you do.
Learn moreIn the United States, the Port of Corpus Christi and the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) are studying small modular reactors (SMRs) for port microgrids, shore power and future vessel propulsion, as part of a broader federal initiative on nuclear technologies for commercial shipping. Meanwhile, Lloyd’s Register, Maersk, and the ports of Charleston and Felixstowe (UK) are examining the regulatory, security, and operational requirements for a hypothetical nuclear-powered container route across the Atlantic. These initiatives remain exploratory but address the infrastructure and governance needed for possible future deployment.
In September, ports are getting back into the swing of things with festivities bridging the public with their activities. On 29 August, the Port of Québec (Canada) held the fifth edition of its Port Festival. In Europe, the Port of Rotterdam (Netherlands) hosted its 49th World Port Days from 4 to 6 September. The annual event attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the banks of the Nieuwe Maas. MAGPIE, an EU-funded project involving the AIVP as a partner, used the event to showcase several virtual reality modules in the European Commission’s pavilion Dok Europa, providing an opportunity to raise public awareness of the energy transition, and the role ports can play in supporting it.
The Bahía Blanca Port Management Consortium (Argentina) unveiled its 2025-2029 Five-Year Plan, which totals US$44 million in investments. It combines infrastructure, modernisation, digitalisation, operational efficiency, staff training and sustainability. The programme also strengthens productive development and the port-community relationship. It aims to consolidate the Port of Bahía Blanca as a logistics, industrial and energy hub, and to bring essential predictability to the joint development of the city and the region.
In Oslo (Norway), greenhouse gas emissions from shipping and port operations have fallen from 47,700 […]
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Dunkirk, France
The AIVP World Conference Cities & Ports 2026 will take place in Dunkirk (France) from […]
