The ranks of formally trained stevedores on the Port of Kingston has swelled by 18 in recent weeks with the accreditation of a new cohort under the Shipping Association of Jamaica’s (SAJ) NCTVET-accredited training programme. Eighteen port workers graduated after successfully completing the Stevedoring Level One programme, which was introduced in 2009 to ensure the association’s workers are […]
Marcia Bent was returned unopposed for a second term as president of the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica (CBFFAJ) at its recently held annual general meeting. She leads a new team of 17 as the association marks its 50thyear of existence. View Source Here
Members of the Port of Kingston business district streamed to the Shipping Association of Jamaica’s (SAJ) head office on Fourth Avenue, New Port West last Friday to partake in a plethora of lifestyle and beauty services for the first-ever workplace wellness expo mounted by the association. Hosted in collaboration with Club Elite, a corporate lifestyle […]
Captain Robert W. Warren of United States Coast Guard has asked for increased vigilance and support from the Caribbean region’s maritime interests to curb the marine drug transhipment trade. Captain Warren was a special guest presenter at the 14th Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference held in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. As commander of the Coast Guard’s Sector San […]
Mark Vanterpool, minister for communications and works in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), which played host to delegates attending the 14th Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference in capital city Tortola last week, has commended the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) for fostering the development of the vital regional shipping industry since its inception in 1971. “I encourage you to continue this very […]
More than 150 delegates attending the 14th Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference (CSEC) of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), now under way in the British Virgin Islands, have been challenged to maximise opportunities presented by recent maritime events in the region, including the shift in United States (US) diplomatic policy towards Cuba, the expansion of the Panama Canal, and the […]
Formalising his most recent role in service to an organisation and industry that he reveres, Fernando Rivera has accepted his appointment as general manager of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), one of the Caribbean region’s most powerful maritime groups. The announcement comes just one week ahead of the CSA’s Executives Conference in the British Virgin […]
When Paul Anthony Marsh got his first job at the Kingston port at the tender age of 17, he had no idea that 36 years later, he would earn the distinction of being the Shipping Association of Jamaica’s (SAJ) most valued worker for the year 2014. Marsh’s exemplary service record saw him beating a vast […]
A key point of interest for delegates to the upcoming Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is that territory’s Cruise Pier Expansion Project, which is reportedly on track for its summer 2015 completion deadline. The cruise pier development is said to be one of the largest projects undertaken by the government […]
The more than 150 key decision makers in Caribbean shipping expected to visit Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), for the 14th Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference (CSEC) in a few weeks, have had visa requirements waived by authorities in that territory as organisers seek to ensure a smooth registration process for the critical meeting. The annual […]
