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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Dangerous cargo not to be taken for granted

Handling dangerous cargo, regulations and conventions By Mike Jarrett Those in the know may describe transport of harmful and volatile cargoes as the second most dangerous industry after the nuclear p

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Plan for saving lives

DP World Caucedo’s disaster preparedness plan By Mke Jarrett Serious injury or death to a single port employee is a disaster to be prevented at all costs. To have an employee report for work but unabl

CARIBBEAN MARITIME INSTITUTE: Record enrollment and inching closer to university status

CARIBBEAN MARITIME INSTITUTE: Record enrollment and inching closer to university status 2016 February 1: The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) ended the year 2015 poised for a major transition in its

Intensive training – warehousing, dangerous goods management

Intensive training - warehousing, dangerous goods management Caribbean Maritime Institute partners with PMAC and Barbados shipping sector 2015 October 1: A total of 38 participants from four Caribbean

Caribbean maritime history – Women in Maritime Association launched

2015 June: A new chapter in Caribbean maritime history was started in Montego Bay Jamaica in mid-April 2015. Forty-seven women from 14 countries quietly converged on the Holiday Inn Sunspree hotel and

CMI launches master’s degree in 2015

2015 February: The pace of activity within the walls of the Caribbean Maritime Institute will increase significantly in the year ahead. Three red pins stand out among the others on the CMI’s 2015 cale

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Port of Port of Spain plans upgrade of workforce

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Port of Port of Spain plans upgrade of workforce 2015 February: The Port of Port of Spain (PPOS), Trinidad and Tobago’s first and largest multi-purpose port facility looks to the

Improve productivity by 25% with training, certification

2015 February: The traditional approach to Caribbean productivity has been to focus primarily on upgrading equipment. Whereas this focus is in itself necessary, it is perhaps far more important to ado

JAMAICA: Workers reassured at Kingston Container Terminal

2015 February: As negotiations continue for the privatising of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), Jamaica’s largest, the company has made a public statement to reassure employees. The company said

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