President of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), Kim Clarke (left), hands Prime Minister Andrew Holness a Ministerial Brief on the state of the Shipping and Logistics sector during a recent courtesy call at Jamaica House by members of the associations Managing Committee and directors of the SAJs affiliate companies and subsidiaries.
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) held an inaugural meeting of its new Alumni Association last Wednesday, April 20, at the CMI’s Workforce Development Centre at the Air Jamaica Building in downtown Kingston. The event was widely supported by dozens of graduates including Marjorie Kennedy, former Jamaica Exporters’ Association president, who endorsed the formal creation of […]
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and some of its member companies joined hundreds of Jamaican businesses in promoting Brand Jamaica to the world at Expo Jamaica 2016, held at the National Arena and National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston from April 14-17. Shipping and logistics services took centre stage in the SAJ booth as […]
What exporters need to know about new global container weight rules Effective July 1, 2016, no shipping container leaving any port in the world will be loaded on to a ship unless accompanied by a shipping document signed either electronically or in hard copy by the shipper listing its verified gross mass. This new container […]
Maritime partnership project Members of Jamaica’s National Task Force on the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) two-year global maritime energy efficiency partnership project share lens time following their first meeting in Kingston. Jamaica is one of ten Lead Pilot Countries around the globe participating […]
The marine transportation and logistics industry is built on the mathematics of distribution. In fact, one of the most important parts of the logistics business is data. Gathering and interpreting data requires familiarity with logistics systems and planning concepts, spreadsheet data management, and statistics applications. Today, more than ever, it takes a strong mathematical mind […]
SAJ directors meet Minister Henry Members of the Managing Committee of the Shipping Association of Jamaica join Minister of Transport and Mining Mike Henry for a photo after a special luncheon held by the association to share industry concerns and ideas on the future of maritime transport and logistics in Jamaica. View source here
Ports security manager awarded top honours BEVERLEY STEWART, security manager, Ports Authority of Jamaica, was among three American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) members recently honoured by its Jamaica Chapter for outstanding contribution to the local security industry. Security manager for the Kingston and Montego Bay Free Zones, Stewart was awarded alongside Jason McKay, chief […]
Forty-six new port workers have received their formal certification under the Shipping Association of Jamaica’s (SAJ) National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institute (NCTVET) accredited training programme. The two new cohorts of stevedores graduated after successfully completing the NCTVET level-one certification in stevedoring operations. The programme, introduced in 2009 to ensure the […]
Graduates – SAJ/NCTVET – level one certification in stevedoring operations Bernard Paul Allen Ricardo Brown Miguel Bartley Leroy Byfield Christopher Brown Melvin Carr Dane Campbell Gregory Collymore Calvin Chambers Nigel Coulson Lowell Cowan Camall Easington Everald Daley Kevin Gabriel Calvin Daley Sheldon Green Otis Duffus Garth Henry Christopher Gayle MarvinHugh Patrick Hall Blandford Hylton Richard […]
