This is the second of a two-part series Harriat “Harry” Maragh, Chairman and CEO of Lannaman and Morris (Shipping) Ltd, became a partner in the company that is headquartered in Florida, and of which he is now Chairman. He surmised that many of his competitors could have taken the same step, had they chosen to […]
More than 70 students of the Marcus Garvey Basic School and some 90 senior citizens of the Greenwich Town community were treated to gifts and grocery items, courtesy of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) on December 13. This formed part of of the SAJ’s annual outreach to its surrounding communities and was well received […]
Author Peter Senge is famously quoted as saying, “In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails.” If one has any difficulty fully understanding the profound nature of this statement, a meeting with Harriat ‘Harry’ Maragh, chairman and CEO of Lannaman and Morris (Shipping) Ltd, serves not only to illuminate […]
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Shipping Association of Jamaica stevedores headed for duties aboard the ‘Hoegh Trader’ car vessel. In 2009, the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) had the foresight to develop an apprenticeship programme for the benefit of the shipping industry. The programme would satisfy the triple objectives of cementing the association’s relevance as an efficient provider of labour […]
Dr Morais Guy, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, deposited Instruments of Accession on the Convention of Maritime Salvage (1989) and two Maritime Protocols on behalf of the Jamaican Government at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretariat in London on November 28. The instruments were presented to the IMO Secretary […]
Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) president, Kim Clarke, and his full managing committee (board of directors) were returned to serve another one-year term at the association’s annual general meeting, on Wednes-day last week. Clarke reaffirmed his commitment to the service of the SAJ membership and his intention to drive ongoing projects to completion. He said […]
Though he treasured his years at sea, Captain Diedrich Suendermann, general manager of Carib Star Shipping, was forced to accept the reality that there was limited scope or hope of upward movement aboard the merchant ships on which he served for 23 years. Once you attained the level of captain, it became necessary to search […]
O’niel Clarke, emergency medical technician at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), is the recipient of The Medical Relief Foundation’s EMS Leadership Award for his dedication to improving Jamaica’s emergency medical services. Clarke, who places significant emphasis on volunteerism and being his brother’s keeper said he was surprised at the recognition and reiterated, “I have […]
This is part one of a two-part article on Captain Diedrich Suendermann, general manager of Carib Star Shipping. The general manager of Carib Star Shipping, a fully owned subsidiary of and local agents for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd, barely skips a beat when asked what first sparked his interest in the sea and the […]
