Mercator Media’s GreenPort Congress was held in the French port city of Le Havre recently, providing another opportunity for leading figures in port sustainability to share insight, ideas and memories.

On the sidelines of the 19th annual event, we eavesdropped on a conversation among old friends and colleagues, some of whom, now experts in their fields, have known each other since they were students

EcoPorts science coordinator Chris Wooldridge introduces his former student, now Professor Mark van der Veen from the University of Amsterdam; Dr Antonis Michail, in turn a former student of Mark van der Veen, now at the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH); and Dr Martí Bucha, with the University of Barcelona.