The local shipping industry wrapped up Maritime Awareness Week activities (September 20-26), recognising the contributions of Jamaican seafarers to the development of the country. Five major industry partners – The Caribbean Maritime Institute, the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, the Port Authority of Jamaica, the Shipping Association of Jamaica, and Kingston Wharves Ltd – organised and executed the […]
Shipping is vitally important to the global community, playing a key role in sustainable development. The world depends on a safe, secure, and efficient shipping industry; and the shipping industry depends on an adequate supply of seafarers to operate the ships that carry the essential cargoes we all rely on. Shipping is highly technical, demanding […]
Careers at sea are attractive and viable options for the young people of Jamaica and the region, and this is the focus as we celebrate World Maritime Day on Thursday, September 24, 2015. The day is designated by the United Nation’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which has responsibility for the safety, security and environmental performance […]
Thirty young men from economically vulnerable and crime-torn communities have been given a chance to train as stevedores under a special apprenticeship programme, a partnership between the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and the Ministry of National Security, under its Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP). The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed last Thursday, […]
Representatives of the shipping industry at the church service marking the beginning of Maritime Awareness Week activities View Source Here
More than 1.5 million people across the globe are employed as seafarers; however, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), this is not nearly enough to sustain the rapidly expanding industry. In fact, the international body has said that qualified seafarers are in short supply, with the number of persons entering the profession remaining comparatively low. As […]
Maritime interests from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America and Europe are busy registering delegates to attend this hemisphere’s premiere shipping and logistics event – the Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) 45th Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from October 19 to 21. CSA has collaborated with the Sociedad Portuaria Regional de […]
Ignoring the scorching heat, scores of residents from the communities close to the Vauxhall High School in East Kingston streamed on to the school grounds on Saturday August 15, eager to benefit from the free health checks and other services being offered at the Rotary Club of East Kingston and Port Royal’s annual health fair. […]
The CMA CGM Almaviva, a container ship operated by the CMA CGM group made its inaugural visit to the Kingston Container Terminal on August 20, 2015, as part of its mission to load empty containers destined to be transported from Kingston to China The massive vessel has a capacity of 8469 TEUs or 20-foot equivalent […]
Women Leaders In Shipping July 1, 2015 marked a new and exciting phase in Leonie Mendel’s 21-year career in Jamaica’s logistics and shipping sector. It was the day she officially took up the reins as general manager of the Jamaican operations of PÈrez y CÌa (Americas). It has been an eventful, yet rewarding journey […]
