Innovating Port Logistics: Integrating Sustainable Measures for a Greener Future

Professor Lapman Lee is a Professor of Practice at the HK Polytechnic University, where he focuses on sustainability from a ratings, reporting, risk management, sustainable finance and technology perspective.

Prior to his academic role, Lapman was a Deloitte Partner focusing on risk management, sustainability and technology and was on the FinTech Association Board responsible for the AI Committee. He is a judge at the HK Green Council annual UN SDG Awards.

He sits on HKMA-HKIMR advisory council member, and as Vice Chairman of the Dutch Chamber sits on the Board of the European Chamber of Commerce.

My Sustainability Goal for 2026:

See ESG and sustainability as not only a regulatory reporting requirement and risk but also a potential business opportunity.

Mr Chim is a seasoned public administration specialist in the Hong Kong SAR Government with 20 years of experience in diverse areas of public policy. He oversees policy matters related to Hong Kong’s maritime and port development and the formulation of long-term development strategies in reinforcing and enhancing Hong Kong’s role as an international maritime centre. Prior to joining Transport and Logistics Bureau in October 2025, Mr Chim served in various government bureaux and departments, including Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the then Transport and Housing Bureau, etc.

Lam Wing Chiu is Head of Terminal Development at Modern Terminals Limited. He has more than 30 years of experience in operational improvement, port development, and decarbonisation and environmental projects.

Modern Terminals opened Hong Kong’s first purpose-built container terminal in September 1972 and since then has been operating container port facilities in both Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland. The Company has established two decarbonisation goals – to eliminate all direct GHG emissions in operations by 2030 and to become carbon neutral by 2050. In October 2023, it became the first company in Hong Kong to trial renewable diesel, Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), in its operations.

Since 2021, Mr Lam has served as a member of the Marine Department’s Pilotage Advisory Committee, appointed by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. He has also been a part-time lecturer in the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2015.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and an Executive MBA from City University of Hong Kong.

He has been appointed a Steering Committee Member of the Business Environment Council’s (BEC) Energy Transition Advisory Group for 2025–2027. He was previously a member of BEC’s Sustainable Living Environment Advisory Group for 2023–2025.

Mr. Ying is the Assistant General Manager of Operations at Hongkong International Terminals Limited (“HIT”). He joined HIT in 2000 and has accumulated over 25 years of extensive experience in terminal operations and operations development. Throughout his career, he has held key management positions at HIT, Yantian International Container Terminals, and COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited, providing him with deep insight into the operational dynamics of major ports across the region. Mr. Ying holds a Master of Science in Management Science from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.