ENVIRONMENT - Portside Caribbean

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 and develop sound plans to combat these risks. A

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, there are many lessons from last year’s disastrous events that

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 later, with th

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 storms of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane seaso

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 lot to be said about this global phenome

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, 2016 which, as the US Government’s National Ocean

Ships must now maintain a ballast water record book

Ships must now maintain a ballast water record book By Deniece M. Aiken * Despite the ultimate and expectant benefits from the BWM Convention, it is evident that the said convention imparts duties an

Without ratification: Bark but no bite?

States carry responsibility to implement international conventions By Deniece M. Aiken * The Caribbean Sea is important for its aesthetic appeal but also its social, economic and historical significan

SEA LEVEL RISE: 80% of Caribbean ports could be under water

The sea is rising, fast By Mike Jarrett 2017, June 1: The fear that sea levels will rise and wipe out whole communities and industries has become reality. Sea levels are rising rapidly and now there a

Marine protected areas for Guyana, Suriname

EU earmarks €1.25 million to protect areas off Guyana and Suriname 2017, March 1: The European Union has earmarked 1.25 Million Euros to assist the World Wildlife Fund to establish marine protected ar

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