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Global sulphur limit: Just half a year to go

Just half a year to go By Mike Jarrett 2019, July 1: With increasingly tragic consequences of climate change daily playing out on network television, port...

New data on climate change: Is it already too late?

New data on Climate Change Is it already too late? 2019, July 1: For five months and more and certainly since the start of 2019, the...

Ports, the first and last line of defence

The role and function of ports cannot be viewed simply ... Even before the end of June, the Summer of 2019 was already...

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: RENEWED INTEREST IN WIND

Renewed interest in wind 2019, March 1: Interest in wind propulsion technology in feverish efforts currently to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions is on...

LNG USE EXPANDING EXPONENTIALLY

LNG use expanding exponentially 2019, March 1: With less than a year before stricter global restrictions on sulphur emissions come into force, use of the...

Sargassum Invasion: What are the answers

 Sargassum Invasion: What are the answers? By Mike Jarrett 2018, November 1: The sun was high and barely a cloud in the sky. But, vendors who...

CIP Building capacity for risk management, assessment

CIP building capacity for risk management, assessment 2018, June 1: It is vital that the Caribbean consider the many risks that could impact its ports...

Disaster management and seaports

When it gets rough the port facility manager is the key By Steve Cosham * 2018, February 1: With Hurricane Season only a few months away,...

Climate change response must be cooperative not competitive

Climate change response must be cooperative not competitive By Julie-Anne Burrowes * 2018, February 1: Cruise destinations across the Caribbean are still grappling, half-a-year and more...

Protecting fragile eco-systems, cruise lines on board

Protecting fragile eco-systems - cruise lines getting on board By Mike Jarrett 2017, November 1: The trail of death and destruction left behind by the super...

Climate-resilient port development

The challenges we face By Ramon Husein* Climate change has become one of the buzz words in the Caribbean development sector however, while there is certainly...

A summer some would like to forget: Five vicious hurricanes

On a path of death and destruction By Mike Jarrett 2017, November 1: This was not a particularly hot summer. Certainly nothing like the previous year,...