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 Roatan 2023-2026 (CIDI/CIP/doc. 5/23 rev.1), represented through Technical Advisory Groups (TAG), each chaired by a National Port Authority, are:

1. Logistics, Innovation, and Competitiveness: Mexican Secretariat of the Navy
2. Port Protection and Security: Barbados Port Inc.
3. Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection: National Port Authority of Peru
4. Public Policy, Legislation and Regulation: National Port Commission of Guatemala
5. Waterways, Inland and Cruise Ports: General Ports Administration of Argentina
6. Port-City Relation, Social Responsibility and Gender Equality: Panama Maritime Authority

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