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Port Resilience Framework for Action

Ports all over the world face intensifying risks – from climate change, economic and geopolitical factors. This framework for action identifies how key actors can approach and achieve system-wide port resilience.

Last updated: November 2022

The disruptive forces that ports are exposed to are increasing in frequency, severity and complexity. To remain competitive, commercially successful, and play their essential role in both the global economy and local community, ports must embrace resilience.

Achieving resilience remains complex and requires collective action – by ports, governments, investors, civil society and ports users. Understanding risk and vulnerability is a critical first step and the ultimate goal is to embed resilience within business as usual activity and planning.

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As part of our commitment to the Resilience4Ports initiative, and drawing on Arup’s cross-disciplinary expertise in city-scale and sector-wide resilience building, we have developed a framework for action to help approach ports resilience in a systemic way. Resilience is a multi-faceted goal and this report, provides insights from policy direction to implementation at a port asset level.

Beyond risks, lie opportunities. Ports have the potential to become key players in the wider energy transition, supporting marine renewables, enabling trade of sustainable fuels and unlocking low carbon mobility. Expanding their scope now also futureproofs their socioeconomic value to communities, ensuring a thriving maritime economy. Placing resilience at the heart of port development decision-making will safeguard that vital future.