ENVIRONMENT - Portside Caribbean

Largest cruise line guilty of environment crimes

Largest cruise line guilty of environment crimes Carnival paying big fines for criminal negligence 2019, July 1: With more than 100 of the world’s largest cruise ships generating annual profits of mor

Port State Control: Nations depend on port administrations for protection

Nations depend on port administrations for protection By Rawle Baddaloo* 2019, July 1: Ships can make or break a port. A sub-standard ship carrying dangerous or volatile cargo could tragically destroy

INVASIVE SPECIES: Prevention the only viable option

Risking permanent social and economic destabilization, famine and ultimately, emigration Prevention the only viable option By Mike Jarrett Talk of catastrophic natural disasters in the Caribbean may b

CLIMATE CHANGE FACT SHEET – Know the Facts

CLIMATE CHANGE FACT SHEET Know the Facts Highlights from a report published May 20, 2019 by the United Nations IPCC * Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human s

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 managers like all else must keep all environm

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 lead story in daily television newscasts emanating from the US has

Ports, the first and last line of defence

The role and function of ports cannot be viewed simply ... ven before the end of June, the Summer of 2019 was already being labelled one of the hottest on record. North Americans, some stripped to the

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 the increase. Interest is being driven by r

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 cleaner burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) fo

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 depend on the brisk weekend trade on the beaches on the so

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