AIVP signs an ambitious partnership for the ecological transition of the ports of the Indian Ocean

Find below the joint press release sent to the press by AIVP and its partners the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Indian Ocean Ports Association (APIOI). The Association of the Ports of the Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), is an association created on 8 May 2007 in Toamasina (Madagascar) with the aim of establishing a dynamic of cooperation between the ports of the Indian Ocean region, in order to better defend their common interests and to jointly reflect on the challenges and opportunities they face. It now brings together the ports of Moroni, Mutsamudu, Fomboni (Comoros), Victoria (Seychelles), Port-Louis (Mauritius), Ehoala, Toamasina (Madagascar), Longoni (Mayotte), as well as the Grand Port Maritime de La Réunion. Port Réunion (©GPMLR). France, through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), aims at supporting APIOI members in order to enable them to face the major issues and challenges to come. AFD is therefore making €500K available to APIOI through a Technical Expertise and Experience Exchange Fund (FEXTE) with the following objectives (i) raise awareness among APIOI member ports of the issues related to the Ecological and Energy Transition,…