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Caribbean issues, expectations and challenges in 2024

Issues, expectations, challenges in 2024 With the trials and tribulations, stresses and uncertainties of 2023 fast disappearing, to be replaced by new issues and expectations...

Jamaica advances development of major Caribbean shipyard

Floating dry dock arrives in Kingston 2023, Aug. 25: The core component in the development plans of German Ship Repair Jamaica Limited (GSRJ) arrived in...

Global trade and protectionism – concerns again being raised

Should the Caribbean be concerned? The era of globalisation, towards the end of the 20th Century, produced more development thrust and wealth for impoverished countries...

Georgetown getting its first mobile harbour cranes

Collaborative effort brings two new cargo handling machines to Guyana Port Georgetown expects its first ever Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) to be delivered in August,...

Antigua and Barbuda unveils a modernised cargo port

Upgraded cargo port at St. John’s open for business Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority Chief Executive Officer, Darwin Telemaque was clearly a happy man when...

New mobile harbour crane for St Maarten

Philipsburg upgrades with state-of-the-art gantry The port at St. Maarten should have its brand-new mobile harbour crane (MHC) up and running before the end of...

Sustainable Smart Ports: Energy transition in the Caribbean

Getting to zero By Jan Sierhuis The concept ‘smart port’ describes the application of ‘smart’ Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to make ports more cost-efficient. With...

19 new strads for Kingston Freeport Terminal

Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited unveiled its newly acquired fleet of 19 ‘spanking new’ Kalmar straddle carriers at its terminal in Kingston, Jamaica. Midweek ceremonies...

Grand Cayman expects sharp decline in cruise arrivals

About 50% fewer cruise passengers expected by 2024 Tourism authorities in the Cayman Islands are expecting a sharp decline in the number of cruise passengers...

New development, upgrading at Port of Spain

Public Private Partnership for PPOS under discussion The Port of Port of Spain (PPOS) is central in current discussions involving the government of Trinidad...

Kingston Wharves increases spend on expansion programme

...BOD approves additional US$15 million TThe Board of Directors of Kingston Wharves Ltd (KWL) approved an additional US$15 million in expenditure to support the Jamaican...

Major cruise facilities development in Samana Bay

…where humpbacks go to play By Mike Jarrett In winter, thousands of humpback whales leave the icy waters of the Arctic to frolic in the warm,...