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NEW DAWN, NEW NORMAL: COVID-19, Lasting impacts, long-term implications

How will all this affect the Caribbean? By Jan Sierhuis Even before COVID-19 got to its second anniversary, it had already severely disrupted global trade. The...

Martinique: Rolling out Strategic Plan 2020 – 2024

2021, August 1: Notwithstanding a year and more of global dislocation and disruption, the port of Martinique is forging ahead with Strategic Plan 2020...

Covid-19: The Bahamas gets strict

2021, August 1: As of September 3, 2021, The Bahamas will require arriving cruise passengers to be vaccinated. The new regulation by The Bahamian government...

Antigua Cruise Port resumes

Antigua Cruise Port resumes 2021, August 1: Antigua & Barbuda welcomed its first mega cruise ship since the CDC pulled the plug on cruise business....

Anguilla – development progresses

Anguilla – development progresses 2021, August 1: Work has started on the new Blowing Point Ferry Terminal in Anguilla. On Monday, June 28, 2021, government...

NEW DAWN, NEW NORMAL: Covid-19 – The Economic Impact

Covid-19 - The Economic Impact By Jan Sierhuis*  Covid-19pandemic has disrupted global trade. The reason is simple: trade and tourism are great vehicles for pandemics. The...

Barbados Port Inc. – rebranding for a new era

Barbados Port Inc. is implementing its master plan for infrastructural expansion in 2020 - 2030. 20201, August 1: After decades of planning, transformative redevelopment, retooling...

Cruise destinations must be protected … and protection begins before boarding

Fear in Caribbean cruise ports about COVID-19 are of real concern. Yet Caribbean governments have found a strong and supportive ally in the cruise...

InterAmericas Gate – an exciting Caribbean initiative

2021, August 1: An interesting (even exciting) Caribbean initiative was announced as the year approached its half-way mark. The InterAmericas Gate, an inter-port economic...

Cruise resumption: Lines given responsibility for safety

April 2, 2021: The long-anticipated CDC update for cruise did not mention a date for resumption. It did, however, put great responsibility on the...

Uncertainty abounds as Caribbean cruise ports plan for resumption

Cruise lines slashing prices up to 50% 2021, April 2: Cruise lines were aggressively slashing prices at the end of March 2021 in an all-out...

Barbados building port community system

What port users expect? By Mike Jarrett As the region moves closer to total digitalisation of logistics systems, another Caribbean port has launched a development project...