The Voluntary International Maritime Organisation Member State Audit Scheme (VIMSAS) is to be welcomed rather than feared, delegates to a landmark Caribbean workshop held in Jamaica last week were told. “The audit is not to be feared. The aim is to assist us in seeing the things we are doing right, and fixing the things […]
Zim Integrated Shipping Services, through its local agent, Carib Star Shipping Limited, recently held its Zim Listens 2011 Customer Forum. The aim of the forum was to give customers the opportunity to engage representatives of the line on the needs of the local import/export market. Among the changes customers asked the line to consider, are […]
Caribbean Feeder Services Limited (CFS), established in 1999 as an independent feeder operator, celebrated its 12th anniversary on March 19. In a ceremony held at Fort Charles in Port Royal, Frank Wellnitz, a founding partner of CFS, described the momentous occasion as a dream come true. “Caribbean Feeder Services is not only a reality, it […]
Jamaica Freight and Shipping (JFS), agents of China Shipping Container Line (CSCL), said the recent shipment of coffee to Ningbo, China, is one that will contribute to Jamaica’s export growth. CSCL was the ocean carrier that handled the shipment. “JFS and CSCL are pleased to be associated with such an important occasion and we view […]
Shanroy Shirley, safety officer at Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), and deputy chair of the Shipping Association of Jamaica Safety Committee has vowed to use the knowledge gained during a two-week Occupational Health and Safety Administrators (OSHA) course in Panama to promote behavioral-based safety. Shirley was one of three Jamaicans who received a scholarship from the […]
The Ministry of Agriculture has extended the deadline for the enforcement of the adopted International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) regulations ISPM#15, for solid-wood packaging material in international trade. The new date is March 1, 2011. The original date of enforcement was January 1, 2011. “This grace period is to allow for the information to be […]
Well established shipping company in Kingston invites applications for the position of boarding representative: Key responsibilities include: General vessel husbandry including: Liaising with shipping lines. Liaising with government authorities – Customs, immigration, quarantine and pilot, for ships’ arrival and departure. Attending to the welfare of the master and crew of the ship. Qualification & Experience […]
MORE THAN 80 senior citizens, including the disabled and shut-ins of the Greenwich Town community, were last week treated to grocery items, courtesy of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ). The yearly treat for the elderly was held at the Holy Name Catholic Church in that community last Tuesday. “This is really a good thing […]
Jamaica will be enforcing the adopted International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) regulations ISPM#15, for solid-wood packaging material in international trade, as of January 1, 2011. The regulation covers: pallets, dunnage, crating, packing blocks, drums, cases, load boards, pallet collars and skids which can be present in almost any imported or exported consignment. However, it excludes […]
“Challenging, interesting, awesome,” that’s how Andrine Higgins describes her experience in the shipping industry to date. “I have worked in shipping all my life. I eat, sleep and breathe shipping,” said Higgins. Poised at 5’1″, she doesn’t look much different from the jovial Kingston Technical High School student who got her first taste of the […]
