With an anticipated 15 named storms forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season, the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) last Thursday hosted a one-day Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Seminar to educate its members on disaster preparedness. Held at the SAJ’s auditorium located at the association’s Business Centre, Fourth Avenue, Newport West, the seminar focused on […]
THE LOCAL SHIPPING and business communities have been dealt a major blow, with the passing of St. Lucian consultant, Mr. Lawson Calderon, who had been doing significant work in organisational development and re-engineering in the region. Mr. Calderon, who did consultancy work with the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) […]
KINGSTON: THE LOCAL shipping industry is now mourning the loss of Pauline Gray, General Manager of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), who died Saturday, April 5, at the Kingston Public Hospital. Mrs. Gray and St. Lucian management consultant, Lawson Calderon, perished after the vehicle in which they were travelling yesterday was swept away by […]
MEMBERS OF the Caribbean Shipowners Association have announced a new security charge applicable to all cargo shipments between the Continental United States and Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Saba, St. Barts, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana and Suriname. […]
TECMARINE LINES has introduced a new vessel to the Jamaican trade, with the MV Tecmarine Sprint having made its inaugural call to the Port of Kingston yesterday – its first sailing from Port Everglades in Florida. The Tecmarine Sprint, with the capacity to accommodate 350 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), is the fastest and largest vessel […]
