IAPH and IPCSA sign MoU to deepen collaboration on digitalisation, interoperability, security and resilience

The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA) signed an MoU today at the 2026 IAPH World Ports Conference held at the ICC Olympia.

The agreement aims to build on both organisation’s efforts to promote the digitalisation of ports and maritime supply chains and follows years of collaboration on the topic – most recently at the IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 50) in April when IPCSA co-sponsored IAPH’s successful proposal to adopt amendments to the FAL Convention to include a mandatory cyber security standard to safeguard Maritime Single Windows (MSW).

The MoU was signed at the conclusion of a high-level conference roundtable focused on data harmonisation for Port Call Optimisation (PCO) and supply chain resilience, at which IPCSA Secretary-General Nico De Cauwer was an expert panellist.

The panel session included the presentation of A Common Digital Infrastructure Standard for Supply Chain Resilience in Container Ports: Creating Cargo Traceability for Multi-modal Supply Chain Operations, an output of the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee developed with the support of the Supply Chain Resilience Taskforce, of which IPCSA is a key member.

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