More than four million TEU in 2025
In just over three decades since incorporation and privatisation in 1993, the grand port at Cartagena in Colombia...
... a truly positive impression
President José Raúl Mulino paid his first official visit to Manzanillo’s international terminal in July (2025) and was immediately impressed...
A struggle for direction in Maritime Governance
By Deniece M. Aiken*
The voice of the Caribbean carries weight in climate diplomacy because of the Region's vulnerability....
Plug in ... or miss the boat
By Deniece Aiken*
* Extreme weather events and deadly heatwaves claim lives in Morocco. * Catastrophic floods sweep across Africa,...
Maritime Technologies Cooperation Centres are key components
Caribbean seaport operators and managers can make a difference.
By Deniece M. Aiken*
The recently adopted International Maritime...
Notwithstanding often insurmountable challenges and imbalances, tremendous progress has been and is being made.
For centuries, Europeans extracted all that they could from peoples around...
Plug in ... or miss the boat
By Deniece Aiken*
* Extreme weather events and deadly heatwaves claim lives in Morocco. * Catastrophic floods sweep across Africa,...
Transcending boundaries
Seaports, as essential hubs in the global trade network, function as trade and industrial zones where goods are not only transshipped but also...
“Lagging behind … big time!”
By Mike Jarrett *
Maritime transportation and specifically the movement of cargo across oceans developed over centuries. Each country, in its...
Preparing for global rules tightening
By Colin P. Young
Asthe first quarter of the 21st Century came to an end, the global maritime system entered one...
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Critical steps in developing a plan
By Helga Sommer* and Erik Stromberg**
It is worth reinforcing a central theme: the value and the challenge of...
Power shifts, institutional strain and what lies ahead for rules that govern the seas
By Deniece M. Aiken
Oceans have always tested the boundary between power...
