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AWARDS
AWARDS
IAPH is now Accepting Entries to the 2021 World Ports Sustainability Awards
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Entries can be submitted online until 31 March 2021, with winners to be declared in five categories at the IAPH 2021 World Ports Conference in Antwerp from 2325th June next year. IAPH managing director, Patrick Verhoeven, commented: “We were delighted by the response of the world's ports for the 2020 WPSP Awards which resulted in six winning port projects being selected by our expert jury from a long list of eighteen and voted for by thousands of voting members of the public. ” IAPH regular port members and associate members acting on behalf of IAPH member port(s) as client, partner or collaborator can enter a project, submitting an online form. Once accepted , the project will automatically qualify as a potential award candidate. IAPH's technical director of the World Ports Sustainability Program, Dr Antonis Michail, explained:
AWARDS
We were delighted by the response of the world's
ports for the 2020 WPSP Awards which resulted in six winning port projects being selected by our expert jury from a long list of eighteen and voted for by thousands of voting members of the public - Mr. Patrick Verhoeven ,,
“A long list per category that best meet the selection criteria will be submitted to an international jury for scrutiny, after which 3 selected finalists for each Award will be offered to an online vote by the public who will have 30% of the final say on winners and runners up." Ports are aiming to meet the challenges of the COVID19 pandemic as well as targeting medium- to long-term sustainability objectives and addressing relevant UN SDGs with various initiatives. Each project submitted for an award accepted onto the database of the World Ports Sustainability Program will be showcased as part of the global project portfolio on the WPSP website to inspire other ports.
