Mike Jarrett - Portside Caribbean

Caribbean imperatives for economic growth and development

... ratification for protecting rights and development initiatives By Deniece M. Aiken eaports are essential for the economic development of most Caribbean states. And the rights and protection provid

Managing port technology and systems

Maintenance of equipment must be programmed By Rawle Baddaloo ll ports, large or small, will have a vast inventory of mechanical equipment that utilize an array of technologies and systems. This can m

Kingston Wharves increases spend on expansion programme

...BOD approves additional US$15 million The Board of Directors of Kingston Wharves Ltd (KWL) approved an additional US$15 million in expenditure to support the Jamaican company’s current expansion pr

The best performing economies in Latin America

Panama and Dominican Republic listed among the best The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Green Hydrogen for container terminal

Use of hydrogen advances With real-world evidence of Climate Change already entering an advanced phase, the urgency for fossil-free fuel use has become acute. Increasingly, hydrogen is being brought i

Major cruise facilities development in Samana Bay

…where humpbacks go to play By Mike Jarrett n winter, thousands of humpback whales leave the icy waters of the Arctic to frolic in the warm, welcoming waters of Samana Bay and the north side of the Do

Improved disaster risk management

Imperatives for Caribbean ports ny country that relies on life-sustaining supplies from overseas sources must ensure that their seaports and airports able to function as required. This means that well

Foundation Skills training for Caribbean stevedores

... because ports cannot function effectively without trained people achines may give a port some capabilities but, by themselves, they will not make a port great. People do … those that are trained t

Suriname on the threshold of exciting times

Economic activities have accelerated ... an estimated 30 billion barrels of recoverable oil lie off the Surinamese coast By Ivan Cairo* ed by its oil and gas sector, Suriname is entering exciting time

Regional port cooperation: Curaçao looking outward

A case study By Jan Sierhuis n 2010 when the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved, Curaçao obtained its long desired autonomous country status within the Kingdom. And the country turned inwards in the

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