Working towards a TsunamiReady Caribbean
Is your port ready for a tsunami?
In March 2016, over 330,000 people in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions took...
Two head-of-state visits in 48 hours
By Canute James*
Forty eight hours before President Barack Obama’s historic two-day visit to Cuba in March 2016, the Cuban...
Reality, consequences and preparedness strategy
By Ibrahim Ajagunna and Fritz Pinnock
In most Caribbean islands, over fifty percent of economic assets, including seaport facilities, are concentrated...
Prepare for disaster with Oil Spill Contingency Planning
By Jesper Goodley Dannisøe and Jan Sierhuis
Oil in the sea can be disastrous especially for living organism...
EDITORIAL
Disasters threaten every year. Don't fear. Prepare.
If production is the lifeblood of a national economy then the port is the heart. Through these gateways...
Challenges for Caribbean port operators
By Franklin McDonald*
The Caribbean region's exposure to weather hazards, precisely because it is in the North Atlantic 'Hurricane Belt', is...
Harbour Resilience: Understanding the ‘harbour wave’
By Patrick Lynett *
Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning “harbour wave.”
Although impacts of tsunamis are felt throughout coastal areas,...
Lives and livelihoods are at stake
Plan recovery with resilience, business continuity strategies
By Erik Stromberg *
The island-state must, naturally, depend on its ports — sea...
Nicaraguan government: Canal not a dream, a necessity
By Canute James
The delay in the start of construction of Nicaragua’s controversial USD50 billion Grand Interoceanic canal...
Upgrading and maintenance pojects completed
The Port of Port of Spain ended the year 2015 a far more reliable and efficient operation. Its efforts to...
Investments in cargo handling paying dividends
2016, February 1: The most significant development in port St. Maarten in 2015 was the acquisition and commissioning of...
Major dredging operations completed, logistics centre opened
2016 February 1: DP World Caucedo is “new-canal ready.” Last year the Dominican Republic’s world-class marine terminal and...
