Organizational deception: nip it in the bud Receival, transportation and safe delivery of cargo across oceans is a highly complicated and precise activity, routinely demanding, normally dangerous and
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Part I - The 3 Ws of Ratification: What? When? Why? By Deniece M. Aiken * 2021, August 1:The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 triggered the initiation of maritime governance and the develo
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Sea level rise (SLR) will spell the end for many Caribbean ports as we know them today. By Rawle Baddaloo* 2021, August 1: Recent accounts of exceedingly high atmospheric temperatures on the North Ame
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Seafarers at the core of shipping’s future ◊ Ratification of IMO regulations still an issue BY Colin P. Young * The international maritime regulatory framework has allowed international shipping to ke
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2020, December 01: When the former British, French, Spanish and Dutch colonies moved into various forms of political independence, their peoples adopted or adapted methods and procedures inherited fro
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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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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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Managing to prevent catastrophe By Capt. Rawle Baddaloo* 2020, October 1: The ultra large container ship the Milano Bridge collided with multiple ship-to-shore gantry cranes and, in the same incident,
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Port protection demands comprehensive protocols 2020, October 1: The response to a global pandemic must be immediate and precise. Time is of the essence and imprecision is counter-productive if not tr
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WHAT PORT MANAGERS SHOULD KNOW IMO 2020: National laws urgently necessary By Deniece M. Aiken * 2020, April 2: Burning forests in Australia, melting ice caps in the Arctic and the upsurge of hurricane
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