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Safety Committee Gets Update From Ministry Of Labour
Members of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Committee of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) were updated last week on changes and the status of the proposed OSH Bill by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The group, which has been mandated to update the SAJ’s safety handbook, received the update from Andrew […]
Zim Megaship Returns To Repeat KCT Record
For the second time in three months, work teams at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) have produced record productivity on one of the new megaclass of container vessels that have been introduced into service. Under the command of Captain Shabtai Samaries, the Zim Antwerp which has a capacity of 10,062 TEU (20-foot equivalent container units) paid its […]
Caribbean Maritime Institute Launches Study School
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) last week launched its first study school for the institute’s flagship Master of Science Degree offering in logistics and supply chain management, the first of its kind in the Caribbean region. The study school lasted for seven days, between April 25 and May 1, and had two cohorts (31 students) […]
Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference Set For Curaçao In May
Shipping executives from the Caribbean and Latin America will meet in Curaçao from May 17-19 to discuss issues affecting the global shipping industry at the Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) ninth Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference. Set against the background of the recession on Caribbean and Latin American economies and the possible impact of the expansion of […]
Thank You
Diana Reynolds, human resource and development manager at the Shipping Association of Jamaica presents Andrew Dale, assistant director, Occupational Safety and Health Department at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security with a gift basket after his presentation to the SAJ’s Occupational Health and Safety Committee last Wednesday. View Source Here
CMI Cadets Participate In Tradewinds 2010 Exercise
Twenty-five cadets from the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) last week successfully completed the Tradewinds simulation exercise aboard the HMJS CAGWAY in Port Royal. Tradewinds is a two-week-long training exercise sponsored by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Southern Command which brings together partner nations to focus on maritime interdiction operations, command and control. Countries which […]
CMA-CGM Launches Weekly Black Pearl Service
French mega-liner CMA-CGM has announced that it will launch a weekly Black Pearl service connecting New York, Halifax and Kingston on April 30. The Black Pearl service which previously offered fortnightly calls, now has a fixed-day weekly service connecting Halifax and New York to the Caribbean, Central America, and East, West and North Coast of […]
Kingston Wharve’s First Employee And Industry Stalwart Dies At 93
Everard E. Cox, former director of Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) and the first registered KWL employee has died at the age of 93. He joined the company in 1945 at 27 and served diligently for 49 years, leaving an indelible footprint on the history of Jamaica’s shipping industry. Cox died April 2 and was laid […]
PCS Offers Clients New Disaster-Recovery Service
With Jamaica prone to natural disasters and businesses at risk of system failures, Port Computer Services Limited (PCS) has taken the bold step to offer two new software solutions to allow for business continuity in the aftermath of a disaster or total system failure. The solutions, an online back-up service, the first of its kind […]