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SEA LEVEL RISE Not yet a hot topic in the Caribbean?

SEA LEVEL RISE Not yet a hot topic in the Caribbean? 2020 April 2: As oceans get warmer, sea levels rise and the land (and all that is on it) disappears, because nothing will stop the sea. And the lan

Port-City Relation vital for port development

Port-City Relation vital for port development By Cristina Rechy* and Montserrat Ambriz ** 2020 April 2: In an effort to achieve more competitive, inclusive, secure and sustainable ports in the America

Regeneration lab in Barbados turning sand quarry into food forest

Regeneration lab in Barbados turning a sand quarry into a food forest 2020 April 2: By removing large tracts of vegetation, humankind disrupted processes; induced erosion; and, exposed ground- and sur

Special Economic Zones: Demand for Kingston space outstrips supply

Demand for Kingston space outstrips supply 2019, November 1: In 1976, four years before the first Special Economic Zones (SEZ) were created in the coastal area of southeastern China, Jamaica’s governm

New interest in developing Caribbean cruise ports

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, Global Ports Holding (GPH) has now

Carnival commits to music in US Virgin Islands

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 that will see the cruise giant providing mu

Caribbean maritime institute get university status

… 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 2016’ thereby clearing the way for

Financing Caribbean development and sustainability

Caribbean Development Bank investing in infrastructure … in better position to mobilise special climate finance resources [First published in Portside Caribbean magazine March 1, 2017] The end of 2016

JAMAICA: Logistics hub initiative advances

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 k

FRENCH GUIANA: Port upgrade underway… ‘strategic project’ for transformation

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

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