The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), HEART Trust/NTA, Enterprise Based Training Department and Luxury Yacht Group have joined forces to develop a training programme to prepare seafaring students at the CMI to take up positions on luxury yachts. The course Mastering Yacht Life, the first of its kind, will began […]
Seventeen months after the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) opened the doors to a cybercafé at its recruiting centre, the café continues to aid the stevedoring staff in furthering their education, as well as accessing information on the shipping industry. The cybercafé, which was opened on September 24, 2008 to improve the flow of information […]
Picture the height of a Kingston skyscraper. Now imagine it floating in 45 feet of water in the Kingston harbour. That is just about the height of the Zim Antwerp, the largest container vessel ever to berth in Jamaica. The Zim Antwerp called Jamaica on February 2 during its maiden voyage. The vessel is 334 metres long and […]
SeaFreight Line has resumed service to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as of January 27. Service had been suspended since the devastating earthquake hit the island early January. “We are pleased to report that our office in Haiti has opened for business and our staff is all well,” SeaFreight said in a statement. SeaFreight will be sailing from […]
Employees at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) last week made history with a record 168 moves per crane hour on the Zim Antwerp, the largest container vessel to berth in Jamaica. The vessel, which is 334 metres long, was off-loaded by four super-post Panama cranes, each doing 42 moves-per-crane hour each. Noel Hylton, president of the […]
In the last year, the local shipping industry faced what seemed like a storm as the global recession threw high waves of challenges from all directions. Staying afloat was not an easy task but I am proud to say the shipping industry is doing everything in its power to weather the storm. There are many […]
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A delegation of workers, managers and trade unionists involved in the Jamaican shipping industry has returned to Jamaica “energised to ensure the growth and development of the Port of Kingston and our industry”, according to Michael Bernard, president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica and mission leader. The team left Jamaica on Wednesday, August 13, […]
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) has announced the appointment of three of its port workers, William Raby, Jerome Gayle and Francis Tavares, to the newly expanded roles of shift monitors. The position of shift monitors was expanded to improve the liaison between the SAJ and the wharf and stevedoring companies with the introduction of […]
The Shipping Association of Jamaica will host its next Lunch and Learn seminar at the Pelican in Montego Bay, St James, on June 26, commencing at 12:30 p.m. Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester, chief executive officer of Seaboard Freight and Shipping and David Ross, vice-president of Seafreight Limited will speak on the topic, ‘The Impact of the […]
