MANAGEMENT - Portside Caribbean

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: Resilience, business continuity strategies

Lives and livelihoods are at stake Plan recovery with resilience, business continuity strategies By Erik Stromberg * The island-state must, naturally, depend on its ports — sea and air – for survival

Laying foundations, lessons from Jamaica

Regulating the Jamaica Logistics Hub By Deniece M. Aiken * The Jamaica Logistics Hub project promises great benefits. Posited as a strategy for growth and development, the project is expected to trans

Climate change will impact Caribbean ports

Risks sea level rise poses to Caribbean ports Jesper Goodley Dannisøe** and Jan Sierhuis* The global accord reached in Paris, France, on December 12, 2015, sets goals for diminishing risks associated

Steward Leadership: Whose purpose have we served?

There are no secrets By Joseph Cervenak* he oracle priestesses, near 3,000 years ago decreed the Delphic maxim “know thyself.” Nearly 1500 years later, John Quincy Adams, the sixth American President

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

Port equipment and systems: Gain from variety reduction

Economic, strategic benefits from variety reduction f the machines do not work efficiently and well, all the time, the port is not dependable. Regardless of how well protected the harbour; the extent

Are your channels deep enough?

Are your channels deep enough? Larger feeder vessels are expected. Are your channels deep enough? By Mike Jarrett 2015 June 1: Not all Caribbean ports will benefit directly from the expansion of the P

Hot Potato! Weighing liability of Caribbean port operators

Hot Potato! Weighing liability of Caribbean port operators By Lowel Morgan * There is, apparently, a great game of ‘hot potato’ being played in the shipping industry. It seems that liability for delay

Prepare for new obligations to weigh containers

2015 June: Overweight containers and incorrectly declared weight have been a problem for ports, shipping lines and others in the global supply chain since the beginning of the container revolution in

How to build a sustainable cruise port

How to build a sustainable cruise port THE IMPACT OF CRUISING ON THE CARIBBEAN Growth in cruise traffic is usually perceived as positive. Growth in ship size and passenger volumes increases business.

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