About Us

The Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) is the only permanent forum that brings together the National Port Authorities of the OAS’s 34 Member Countries and leaders of the maritime-port industry to promote the development of a secure, competitive, sustainable, and inclusive sector.

The CIP works under four mandates and six priority areas, constantly monitoring the gaps in a continuously changing maritime and port sector to bring concrete results to regional matters and challenges.  CIP Mandates are:

1. Policy dialogue;
2. Capacity building;
3. Technical assistance; and
4. Cooperation with the private sector.

CIP’s six priority areas according to the Plan of Action of Bridgetown 2026-2029 (CIDI/CIP/doc. 4/26 rev.1), represented through Technical Advisory Groups (TAG), each chaired by a National Port Authority, are:

1. Logistics, Innovation, and Competitiveness: National Ports and Navigation Agency (ANPYN) of Argentina
2. Port Protection and Security: Designated Authority of the National Port System (CPN) of Guatemala
3. Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection: Barbados Port Inc. (BPI)
4. Public Policy, Legislation and Regulation: Superintendency of Transport of Colombia
5. Waterways, Inland and Cruise Ports: National Ports Administration (ANP) of Uruguay
6. Port-City Relation, Social Responsibility and Gender Equality: Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM)

To find out more about each TAG click on the images below.