“The Caribbean has a lot to do,” says Dr Fritz Pinnock, executive director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). He was making reference to the topic of caribbean cruise tourism. His statement is based on research conducted for his book, Caribbean Cruise Tourism: Power Relations Among Stakeholders: The Future of Cruise Tourism in the Caribbean. The […]
Stakeholders in the shipping industry were last week educated on the local and international regulatory framework that guides the movement of hazardous chemicals at the country’s ports of entry. The stakeholders benefited from several presentations from various ministries and agencies over a three-hour awareness seminar held at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) on July […]
The Jamaica Freight and Shipping Company Ltd and Seaboard Freight and Shipping Jamaica Limited family are deeply saddened at the recent tragic and untimely death of employee, Hanif Fuller. Fuller was employed as an equipment coordinator on August 3, 2006, and later promoted to supervisor. As a member of staff, he was very concerned about […]
Richard Azan, minister of state in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, showed his support to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) with a donation of 12 single-bed mattresses. The presentation was made on Tuesday, June 26, at the institute, a day after the school observed the International Day of the Seafarer. The donation is […]
Scenes from the Caribbean Maritime Institute’s Day of the Seafearer, which was held on June 25. View Source Here
Local-based logistics company, Kingston Logistics Centre (KLC), has donated three new classrooms to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). Valued at $20M, the classrooms were constructed using refurbished containers. The classrooms were officially handed over to State Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing Richard Azan by KLC’s general manager, Michael Cohen, during a […]
Seafarers need to take an active role in helping the international community to win the battle against substandard shipping. That’s the message from the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) on the International Day of the Seafarer, yesterday (June 25). As the maritime industry celebrates the contribution of seafarers to the world economy and commerce, the […]
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will celebrate the Day of the Seafarer on Monday, June 25. The celebration is geared towards highlighting seafaring as a noteworthy career choice; the significance of seafaring to Jamaica, the region and the world; as well as highlighting the life of a typical seafarer. The day’s activities will include a […]
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) wishes to advise that the period for special application and loan renewal at the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) has been extended. Offshore students (nautical cadets) now have the opportunity to make such applications between Monday, June 18 and Friday, June 22, 2012. Current CMI students, who are beneficiaries of SLB loans, […]
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) congratulates Devron Newman on his promotion to the rank of captain in the Merchant Marine, effective May 1, 2012. Receiving a certificate of competence as a master mariner is the most recent of Captain Newman’s list of impressive achievements. Captain Newman has a long and distinguished career in maritime education and […]
