Samaná to bring an additional 300,000 cruise passengers into the Dominican Republic
2024, March 8: Work is now in full swing as the Dominican Republic...
Climate change vulnerabilities demand increased capital investment.
By Jan Sierhuis*
The buzz words at maritime events these days are ‘decarbonisation’ and ‘digitalisation’. As ships get greener...
In addressing the demands and challenges of 2024 and beyond, Dutch Caribbean ports have established alliances within and outside of the Caribbean region.
By Jan...
... rainfall patterns expected to normalise in 2024
2024, January 31: No further reduction in the volume of ship traffic through the Panama Canal is...
By Mona Swoboda *
As the port and maritime sector recovered from COVID-19's shipping disruptions, the UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2023 1 predicted a...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
