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A Summary of the AIVP’s General Assembly Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting on 14 June, AIVP members approved the results for the 2023 financial year. In addition to this important decision, two strategic issues were...
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City and Port of Quebec commit to the Agenda 2030 by AIVP
On Tuesday 14 May, at the AIVP Board of Directors meeting, the City and Port of Quebec ratified the AIVP 2030 Agenda in the presence of Edouard Philippe,...
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AIVP team goes to Lisbon to prepare the next World Conference Cities and Ports
The General Manager of AIVP, Mr. Bruno Delsalle, and Mr. José M P Sánchez, Director of the Agenda 2030, travelled to the Portuguese capital to hold several meetings...
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AIVP and the port community of La Rochelle sign the Ecologic Transition Charter for the Port Territory
Since 2019, the Agenda 2030 by AIVP has been a strategic reference framework for many port cities around the world. With its 10 goals, this agenda sets a...
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The City and the Port of Montreal have signed the AIVP Agenda 2030
On Friday 27th April 2023, by initialling the AIVP 2030 Agenda, Mrs Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal, and Mr Martin Imbleau, Chairman and Managing Director of the Montreal...
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2022 in short: Port-Cities leading the recovery
The year 2022 has been filled with many important events impacting port-cities around the world. Since the start of the year, topics linked to the AIVP Agenda 2030...
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The Development of French Ports Centers
March 2022 will have been an intense month for the future of the Ports Centers. In Le Havre, the AIVP and Le Havre Port Center welcomed a delegation...
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AIVP moves to strengthen its “International Content and Projects” team
To support its new strategy, AIVP is looking to hire an Urban Affairs Project Manager. With an academic background in urban planning, geography and development, journalism, applied languages...
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Edouard Philippe elected President of AIVP
Thursday 25 November, at the General Meeting of the Association Internationale Villes et Ports (AIVP), the Board of Directors elected Mr Edouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre, as...
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“Fit For 55”: AIVP calls on ports and cities to join forces for an efficient and transparent energy transition
Find here the official position of AIVP, regarding the green package "Fit For 55" presented last week by the European Commission. Our association argues that it is essential...
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Updated Articles of Association and international events for AIVP’s latest AGM
AIVP held an online Annual General Meeting on 10 June 2021. Almost a hundred delegates from 25 countries attended. In addition to approving substantial amendments to the Articles...
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Stuck! The cautionary tale of giant container ship Ever Given
In this opinion piece, Olivier Lemaire, General Manager of AIVP, looks back at the incident caused by the Ever-Given, a giant container ship that was stuck in the...
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Accenta, the newest member of AIVP, works to shrink the carbon footprint of port buildings
Accenta joins AIVP. This organisation offers an integrated approach that enables property owners to decarbonise up to 80% of the energy use in their buildings. We look back...
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The Port of London joins the AIVP network
! It will bring its experience as a leading autonomous port in the field of sustainable development. We return to this membership in this interview.
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AIVP’s network branches out along the Danube to the Black Sea!
The Bulgarian port infrastructure company (BPI Co.), joins AIVP! This company owns all the Bulgarian sea and inland ports. We come back to its membership in our network...
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The City-Port project of Saint Nazaire bids farewell to its founder
There are certain personalities who figure especially prominently in the life of an association. Joël-Guy Batteux, former Mayor of Saint Nazaire (France) from 1983 to 2014, is one...
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Death of Antoine Rufenacht, founding President of AIVP
Port cities are in mourning. Antoine Rufenacht, the founding President of AIVP, the worldwide network of port cities, passed away on 5 September 2020 at the age of...
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In the wake of the tragedy in Beirut, can we expect to see more public calls for improved industrial safety in port cities?
This text is a translation of the opinion of Olivier LEMAIRE, Director General of AIVP, originally published on the LaTribune.fr website. ➡️ Read the original version on La Tribune...
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