The first part of this article was published two weeks ago on the Shipping Industry page. Claudia Grant’s proudest moment would come when she was named to the working team to get Jamaica on the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) ‘white list’, to allow the country to continue to train seafarers whose certification would be recognised […]
The Managing Committee of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) has given its full support to the efforts of the Government of Jamaica to divest the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), even while it joins with Minister of Transport and Works Omar Davies in rejecting any idea of a “fire sale”. The SAJ Managing Committee, officially […]
After almost 30 years in the shipping industry, there is nothing Claudia Grant would change about her career choice. If she could do it all again, she would have opted to be a seafarer. However, inevitably, the deputy director general of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) would dedicate her time to the development of […]
The Port Royal community may soon benefit from the first community firefighting centre to be established by the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), through partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica. This forms part of CMI’s development plan for Port Royal, having adopted the community and spearheading its transformation into a university town. Jamaica and […]
Members of the shipping industry were last week educated on their rights as Jamaican nationals under the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME). Information was provided by the CARICOM Secretariat and delivered by Gillian Scott of Right Angle Imaging Incorporation and a multi-agency team of specialists during a Lunch and Learn Seminar hosted by the […]
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is leading the charge to transform Port Royal into a university community by expanding its operations to the once quiet, historical town. The institution has grown in capacity because of increased interest and enrolment in all disciplines, specifically international shipping and logistics, customs processes, freight forwarding, and immigration and engineering. […]
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Newly elected president of the Port Trailer Haulage Association (PTHA), Alva Wood, has indicated that improving the professionalism of the trucking fraternity and establishing a chassis facility for truckers is high on the list of objectives for his association. Wood, who was elected president on December 13 last year, said, in his new role as […]
CSCL Globe, the largest container ship in the world, arrived at Felixstowe, London, on January 7 after commencing its 11,067-mile maiden voyage from the Chinese port of Yantian on December 8 last year. The arrival of The Globe in London caused a stir with onlookers marvelling at its size, which is four football fields in […]
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has received accreditation from the prestigious Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) UK for six of its degree programmes. CILT is the leading professional body associated with logistics and transport. The degree programmes that have been accredited are: Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Bachelor in Port Operations […]
