JPS CEO woos shipping industry collaboration on LNG hub development In the wake of its recent announcement of the much-anticipated US$22.54 million (J$2.5 billion) Bogue Gas Conversion Project, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has urged the country’s shipping industry to partner with the utility industry to help bolster national economic development efforts. Addressing the industry […]
Sparked by an idea from Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), port worker, Damion Cummings, the staff and administration of the SAJ have donated money to cover the costs of corrective surgery for little Naja Lewis, an eight-year-old girl who continues to defy the academic odds although born with a severe disability. Naja Lewis has courageously […]
Under the general provisions of treaty law, and in accordance with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) instruments, states are responsible for promulgating martime legislation in the form of Acts of Parliament or regulations, to give full and proper effect to the conventions, protocols, codes and other instruments to which they are party so as to […]
Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Ret’d), director general of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, has been elected as the vice-chairman of the Board of Governors of the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden. This took place at the Second Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the WMU, held at the university in Malmo, Sweden, on Friday, October 30, 2015. The WMU […]
The Caribbean Shipping Association’s 45th AGM, Conference & Exhibition held last week in the beautiful Colombian city of Cartagena wrapped with a gala awards dinner, where the Port of Cartagena/Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena (SPRC) walked away with the coveted top prize – Best Container Terminal (2014). SPRC, which acted as hosts for this year’s conference, has won this award […]
With the wrapping up of the Panama Canal expansion, 2016 promises to be a decisive year for container shipping in the Caribbean. Next April, the month in which the project is scheduled for completion, is regarded with equal measures of dread or excitement, depending on which shipping interest you speak to. This is because the […]
A profound sense of loss has swept through the membership of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) following news of the recent passing of three trade unionists whose tireless efforts have been pivotal in modernising labour on the Port of Kingston. The deaths of Hopeton Caven, the former head of the Jamaica Trade Union Congress […]
Hundreds of delegates representing maritime interests from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe will arrive in Cartagena, Colombia, this coming weekend for the region’s premier annual shipping industry conference being held by the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA). With a packed agenda featuring world-renowned maritime and logistics experts, the association’s 45th Annual General Meeting, […]
Olivier Tretout, the CEO of Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), is one of the most anticipated presenters at the Caribbean Shipping Association’s Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Cartagena, Columbia, from October 19-21. The new CEO is expected to share the vision of the company and how he intends to breathe […]
The Caribbean Shipping Association’s Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Cartagena, Columbia, from October 19-21 is set to discuss, among other current topics, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA). This agreement was one of the main outcomes of the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference held in Bali, Indonesia […]
