Registration is now open for the Shipping Industry 5K Road Race1. This event, hosted by the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), is intended to engage the shipping industry in an activity that promotes wellness and boosts the impact of its Corporate Social Responsibility projects within the communities in which the association operates. Funds raised from […]
Do you export your goods in an ocean-going cargo container? If so, are you ready for the amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) that go into effect July 1? The amendments require shippers of packed cargo containers (regardless of who packed it) to ensure that the container’s verified […]
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd, represented in Jamaica by exclusive agents, Carib Star Shipping Ltd, recently hosted a Customer Appreciation Breakfast at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in New Kingston. The agency also used the occasion to launch the line’s new Guyana Suriname Express (GSE) service, as well as the new ZIM App. The GSE […]
From left: Elvis Lennon, BITU officer; Granville Valentine, general secretary, NWU; Michael Bernard, Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) Managing Committee member; Colette Roberts Risden, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security; Shahine Robinson, minister of labour and social security; Trevor Riley, Group CEO, SAJ; Condell Stephenson, JIC chairman; Gresford Smith, labour relations consultant, […]
The Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) 16th annual Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference came to a close last week in Cocoa Beach, Florida, following thought-provoking and insightful presentations and ensuing discussions. President of the CSA, David Jean Marie, thanked hosts Port Canaveral for their wonderful hospitality, noting that they provided the perfect atmosphere for the CSA’s members […]
Crowley Maritime Corporation recently teamed up with subsidiary SeaFreight, and on-island shipping agent Lannaman & Morris, to hold an educational breakfast forum in a bid to better serve the diverse needs of growers and exporters across Jamaica. “We at Crowley are uniquely positioned to add value to our customers’ supply chains by both increasing the […]
Effective vessels arriving on May 18, 2016, Assessment Recoveries Limited will be responsible for the collection of demurrage and detention charges for Seaboard/Seafreight/Crowley Equipment in Montego Bay. 1. Contact ARL for demurrage date, demurrage charges and security deposit. Email request and queries to arlmobay@jamports.com or call (876) 923-3491, 923-3491-2, 675-4875/7. Provide: a. i. Consignee/Broker name […]
Jamaica’s two major cargo ports this week said they are looking at ways to assist local exporters and other supply chain stakeholders to comply with the pending amendment to the International Maritime Organisation Save Our Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention. The amendment, to which Jamaica is a signatory, takes effect on July 1, 2016. After […]
Lannaman & Morris Shipping Limited’s CEO & Chairman Harry Maragh, Financial Controller Evroy Johnson, Managing Director William Brown and Kingston Freeport Terminal Ltd.’s Manager Marketing, Corporate Communications & Business Development, C. Leopold Nesbeth, listen intently to Bindley Sangster, Special Advisor to the Minister of Transport and Works at the 2016 Exporters and Growers Breakfast Forum […]
Confusion and concern about the new, impending Safety of life at Sea (SOLAS) container-weight rules are mounting among shippers and those that help them move their containers globally. The stakes are high as the new regulations means that ships will reject any container unaccompanied by verified gross mass (VGM) declarations and proper weight certification. Locally, […]
