Improved disaster risk management for Caribbean ports 2020 December 01: Record-breaking hurricane activity in the Atlantic during 2020 emphasised the timeliness and urgency of the Improved Disaster Ri
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2020 October 01: The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), on International Day of the Seafarer (June 25, 2020) sounded the alarm about the plight of seafarers. And, within a week, posted on its w
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... concern that the rapid global expansion and gains in alleviation of poverty from which the Caribbean and other former European colonies benefited could be halted by a return to protectionism here
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By Deniece M. Aiken * 2020, October 1: Governments should heed the call to protect their nationals at sea by officially according their seafarers ‘key worker’ status. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19
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STRANDED AT SEA: Seafarers ‘stuck at sea’ a threat to global stability Make them global-essential ‘Key Workers’ 2020 October 01: As the sun rose on World Maritime Day 2020, the fate of almost one mill
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Suicide is now the foremost cause of deaths amongst seafarers, an “… isolated, vulnerable, and globally essential workforce.” 2020, October 1: As the global death toll from COVID-19 increased, spreadi
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Make the world’s seafarers Global Key Workers t the time of going to press, our world as we knew it changed, in some respects, radically. The current year was barely a third of the way through when it
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Abreast of technology, Manzanillo focuses on people 2019, March 1: Having recently completed a massive expansion programme that effectively doubled container capacity at the end of 2015 Manzanillo is
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Suriname implements strict drug policy for workplace safety Suriname Port Management Company has taken the decision that, as of 2019, it will be compulsory for every employee to have an annual medical
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Crucial role of ports in Humanitarian Logistics … ignorance will only lead to further devastation and loss of life By Curtis Dennie * 2018, November 1: In 2017, hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated se
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