Recent deals reveal new interest in developing Caribbean cruise ports
2019, November 1: Having signed contracts with three Caribbean cruise ports in just 18 months,...
Carnival commits to music in US Virgin Islands
2018, November 1: Carnival Corporation has reportedly committed to a music programme in the US Virgin Islands...
… to start construction of FACT Centre
2017, March 1: On Tuesday January 24, 2017 Jamaica’s House of Representatives approved the ‘Caribbean Maritime University Bill...
Caribbean Development Bank investing in infrastructure
… in better position to mobilise special climate finance resources
The end of 2016 saw the Caribbean, like much of...
2015 February: When Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller and her Ministers made themselves personally available to potential business investors in March of this year, they were expected to know everything about the potential of Jamaica’s logistics sector. As one advisory noted: “...it will be a key industry focus at JIF 2015.”
2015 February: On the first day of 2015, the fledgling Port Authority of French Guiana celebrated its second anniversary but, it was already well into one of the largest ever port development projects the country has so far witnessed.
JAMAICA Logistics Hub Planned Development
2015 February 1: The Jamaica Logistics Hub Initiative is in an advance state of preparation. As planned and projected, it...
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 it was confident that appropriate disclosures will be made in a manner and at a time that does not prejudice the outcome of the negotiations and appealed for patience. There was no sign that the company’s reassurances calmed the employees who are anticipating massive layoffs and redundancies once the terms of the negotiations are disclosed.
