Major expansion at Nieuwe Haven facility
Container yard space expansion of 20,0002m
Container handling capability increased
New port IT system to be acquired
2016, February...
Encouraging signs of a rebirth
As Montserrat continues its extensive rebuilding programme following the devastating eruptions of the long-dormant Soufriere Hills volcano, which destroyed its...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
How to build a sustainable cruise port
THE IMPACT OF CRUISING ON THE CARIBBEAN
Growth in cruise traffic is usually perceived as positive. Growth in ship...
2015 February: When Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and her Ministers made themselves personally available to potential business investors in March of this year, they were expected to know everything about the potential of Jamaica’s logistics sector. As one advisory noted: “...it will be a key industry focus at JIF 2015.”
2015 February: On the first day of 2015, the fledgling Port Authority of French Guiana celebrated its second anniversary but, it was already well into one of the largest ever port development projects the country has so far witnessed.
