The Jamaica Customs Agency has promised greater accountability in the execution of its roles in trade facilitation and border protection. Senior executives of the agency, led by Commissioner of Customs Major Richard Reese, were speaking at the Lunch and Learn Forum hosted by the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) at its offices on Thursday, October […]
Advantum (formerly Port Computer Services), a subsidiary of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), providing technological infrastructure and systems support to the Caribbean maritime sector, will host the first annual TechConnect, November 13-15, at the SAJ, 4 Fourth Avenue, Newport West. Themed ‘Securing the Logistics Chain: People, Equipment, Technology’, the events include presentations and discussions […]
The Thomson Dream, a cruise ship belonging to Thomson Cruise Lines, will homeport at the port of Montego Bay for the 2014-2015 winter season. The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) confirmed this in a statement Friday in which the authority reported that it had been engaged in discussions with the cruise company for the past four years […]
The Shipping industry held a farewell function for former Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) Chairman Noel Hylton OJ, on Saturday, November 2 at Fort Charles, Port Royal. At the function, Charles Johnston, member of the managing committee of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and chairman of the Jamaica Producers Group, charted the history of […]
Denise Lyn-Fatt, managing director of Freight Handlers Limited, was among the over 1,500 global clients, partners and agents who recently joined the management and staff of SACO Shipping GmbH in celebrating that company’s 25th anniversary, and attended its agency meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The series of events held to mark the occasion and celebrate the […]
Disney Cruise Line’s (DCL) classic vessel the Disney Wonder made its inaugural call at the historic Falmouth Port on October 8, 2013. The visit marked the culmination of an eight-year courtship by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), the start of a mutually beneficial agreement, and a partnership between two world-leading brands. The opportunity to secure an […]
In his presentation to high school students at the launch of the Maritime Awareness Week Open Day and Exhibition held at the Caribbean Maritime Institute on Monday, September 23, 2013, acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Sidney Bartley, noted that Jamaicans must be aware of and take pride in the country’s […]
The Caribbean Shipping Association signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of the West Indies’ St Augustine’s Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, at the opening of the association’s 43rd Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition at the Sheraton Panama Hotel in Panama City, Panama, on October 7. The MOU will […]
In April 2013, Jamaica’s unemployment rate stood at 16.3 per cent, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. This comes against the backdrop of what the United Nations International Labour Organisation described in its January 2013 Global Employment Trends Report as a “deceleration” of global growth, leading to a rise in global unemployment. However, the […]
Sixteen port workers graduated from the NCTVET-accredited Stevedoring Level 1 programme on October 1. At the presentation of certificates to the graduates, held at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), general manager, Trevor Riley, noted that the orientation and training of port workers in Jamaica had evolved from the informal, on-the-job experience to the development […]
