Mike Jarrett - Portside Caribbean

Manzanillo celebrates 20 years, upgrades capabilities

New berths, cranes brought into service 2016 February 1: Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) celebrated 20 years of operations in April 2015, but the year just completed was significant for other

BARBADOS: A year of retooling and awards

BARBADOS: A year of retooling and awards 2016, February 1: The Port of Bridgetown commissioned a new ship-to-shore gantry crane in 2015 – a year that had Barbados winning awards from both the Port Man

Intensive training – warehousing, dangerous goods management

Intensive training - warehousing, dangerous goods management Caribbean Maritime Institute partners with PMAC and Barbados shipping sector 2015 October 1: A total of 38 participants from four Caribbean

Port Lafito: Caribbean’s newest world-standard terminal

State-of-the-art technology and systems 2015, October 1: Haiti’s first Panamax port and the Caribbean’s newest world-standard marine container terminal began operations in June 2015. Port Lafito, with

Seaport tariffs: Challenges and implications for the Caribbean

Seaport tariffs: Challenges to application, implications for the Caribbean By Karen A. Adair * >Seaport Tariffs - Challenges This 3-part technical paper (serialised in Portside Caribbean journal, V

Port equipment and systems: Gain from variety reduction

Economic, strategic benefits from variety reduction f the machines do not work efficiently and well, all the time, the port is not dependable. Regardless of how well protected the harbour; the extent

Trusty machines serving well

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT: Trusty machines serving well By Mike Jarrett 2015 October 1: Caribbean ports face a real challenge of keeping aging cargo handling equipment working and productive. The chall

Are your channels deep enough?

Are your channels deep enough? Larger feeder vessels are expected. Are your channels deep enough? By Mike Jarrett 2015 June 1: Not all Caribbean ports will benefit directly from the expansion of the P

Hot Potato! Weighing liability of Caribbean port operators

Hot Potato! Weighing liability of Caribbean port operators By Lowel Morgan * There is, apparently, a great game of ‘hot potato’ being played in the shipping industry. It seems that liability for delay

Sound port operations to protect the environment

Sound port operations to protect the environment By Jan Sierhuis* and Jesper Goodley Dannisoe** The port is like a complicated organism with many processes and many of these may pose a threat to the e

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