Members of the Joint Industrial Council (JIC), which represents stakeholder and labour interests on the port of Kingston, were exposed to pertinent information about estate planning at its most recent meeting. This as the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) seeks to provide useful data that will assist its members. Specially invited guest, attorney Camille Scott, […]
Members of the shipping and logistics industry in Jamaica packed themselves into the conference room at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) at its Newport Boulevard offices recently to hear from the head of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) on recent changes to its systems affecting their businesses. CEO and Commissioner of Customs Major Richard […]
This is the second in a series on the implementation of Jamaica’s port community system. As a result of the expansion of maritime transport in recent decades, flexible and fast exchange of information has become a key competitive factor in the logistics chain as a whole or between individual ports. The aim of the Port […]
(This is the first of a multi-part series) Jamaica’s plans to improve its cargo and trade logistics capabilities have taken a step forward by way of the acquisition of a port community system (PCS). This project, the largest of its kind in the Americas, covering multiple seaports and airports, will reinforce the country’s position as […]
When Kisha Williams-Hare began her journey in shipping some two decades ago, she perhaps never knew where it would take her. Today, she is the deputy general manager of Carib Star Shipping Limited, the Jamaican agent for ZIM, one of the premier shipping lines in the world. On January 4, 2016, she took on the […]
The SAJ brings Christmas cheer to the elderly in Greenwich Town One hundred senior citizens, including the disabled and shut-ins in the Greenwich Town community in Kingston, received special Christmas packages containing groceries, courtesy of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ). Volunteers from the SAJ’s administrative and port worker staff handed out the gifts during […]
Pensioners of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) were last week fêted during the annual Kingston Portworkers Superannuation Pension Fund and SAJ Staff Pension Funds Christmas luncheon. Hosted by pension fund managers, Proven Wealth Limited at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, the luncheon saw pensioners being treated to the musical delights of the Bare Essentials Band, […]
Congratulations to the Port Bustamante Pensioners Association as it celebrates its 13th anniversary, which was marked by a special church service held on Sunday, November 29, at the St Andrew Scots Kirk United Church in Kingston. View Source Here
SAJ endorses SEZ bill The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) has come out in support of the bill that will establish the creation of geographical clusters or Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under Jamaica’s Global Logistics Hub Initiative. The new Special Economic Zones Act (2015), passed in Parliament on December 2, 2015, repeals the Jamaica Export […]
Kingston Freeport Terminal head elected to SAJ’s managing committee. From left: Newly re-elected president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), Kim Clarke, warmly greets Olivier Tretout, CEO of Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), at the Association’s annual general meeting held last week. Vice-president Denise Lyn Fatt (centre) shares the moment. Tretout was elected as […]
