The Forum was moderated by Dr. Jia Dashan, Secretary-General of APSN. Mr. Marc-Yves Bertin, President of the APSN Council, declared the Forum open. Both the President and the Secretary-General of APSN welcomed all speakers and participants to the Forum and thanked all speakers for sharing their knowledge and expertise with all participants...

Mr. Zhu Jianhua, Vice President of China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, made a presentation on Countermeasures and Suggestions for Low-Carbon Development of Water Transportation in China. Mr. Zhu pointed out that regarding the development status of waterborne transportation in China, the carbon emissions from waterborne transport in China was around 63 million tons in 2020, and the percentage was about 6.5%; the emissions from domestic shipping was around 51 million tons, and the percentage was about 81%, which plays a decisive role in carbon reduction of waterborne transport; and the emissions from international shipping which arrives and departs from domestic ports was about 12%...

Mr. Cai Ouchen, Deputy Director, APEC Port Study Center of APSN, briefly introduced the updates on the GPAS program...

Mr. Jens Eskelund, Chief Representative of China, A.P. Moller - Maersk, shared Maersk’s efforts in decarbonization with all speakers and participants. Mr. Jens pointed out that decarbonization is particularly important in the shipping industry, for 3.5 bn tons of CO2 emissions emitted from global logistics every year and 3% of global CO2 emissions emitted from international shipping...

Mr. Li Fengli, Advisory Board Member, APSN/General Manager, Shandong Port Group, made a presentation on Upholding Ecological Principles and Promoting Green Development. Mr. Li introduced the development of Shandong Port Group (SPG), which was established on August 16, 2019 and in 2021 handled 1.5 billion metric tons of cargo, up 6.1% year on year, and its container throughput grew 8.3% year-on-year to 34 million TEUs...

Dr. Luo Xunjie, Advisory Board Member, APSN/Vice President, Tianjin Port Group, made a presentation entitled “Best practices of Tianjin Port: The First Zero-Carbon Container Terminal in the World”. Dr. Luoshared Tianjin Port’s practice in developing the first zero-carbon container terminal in the world with all speakers and participants...

Mr. Zhang Chuandong, General Manager of Public Affairs, CMA CGM (China) Shipping Co., Ltd, made a presentation entitled Decarbonizing Shipping with CMA CGM.Mr. Zhang shared with all speakers and participants CMA CGM’s practice in decarbonizing shipping.Mr. Zhang pointed out that CMA CGM Group heads towards Net Zero Carbon by 2050...

The Panel Session was facilitated by Mr. Lu Cheng, Director of the APEC Port Study Center of the APSN. Panelists had in-depth exchanges and discussions on the main reasons for ports to take the low-carbon path; the key factors for ports to consider in term of decarbonization; and the major challenges faced by the ports and related stakeholders in the port decarbonization and how to deal with them...

The main participants of the forum are from China, accounting for 58% of the total number of participants, followed by Vietnam and the Philippines. It is worth noting that the forum also attracted the participation of European counterparts from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Dr. Geraldine Knatz,APSN Senior Consultant/ Professor, Practice of Policy and Engineering, University of Southern California/Member of the National Academy of Engineering, shared green development of US ports from the 5 perspectives...

Mr. Xunmin Ou,Associate Professor, Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University, shared the Carbon Neutrality and Low Carbon Transport with all participants. He first introduced the scientific findings of AR6 organized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

8 GPAS Award recipients shared their best practices on developing green ports respectively, including Xiamen Port Holding Group Co. Ltd, China; Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, Hongkong, China; Johor Port Authority, Malaysia; Port of Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines; Jurong Port Pte Ltd, Singapore; Port Authority of Thailand; Bintulu Port Authority, Malaysia; and Saigon Newport Corporation, Viet Nam.

The main participants of the training workshop are from the Philippines and China, accounting for 24.4% and 24% of the total number of participants respectively, followed by Malaysia and Vietnam, accounting for 17% and 16% of the total number of participants respectively.