WOMEN IN MARITIME - Portside Caribbean

Just 48 months after high school CMU graduate sails the oceans

Meet Nyshauna Strachan Nyshauna seeks and finds comfort in a ‘disciplined environment’ … situations in which good order prevails. It was therefore not surprising that, at the end of her secondary leve

MIT women functioning effectively

Manzanillo International Terminal, Panama, one of the busiest port facilities in the Caribbean region, sets an example By Mike Jarrett f the 1,156 employees that make Manzanillo International Terminal

WISTA Jamaica launched

Women's International Shipping & Trading Association to play developmental role in Caribbean shipping By Monique Morrison* n the dynamic landscape of Caribbean shipping, the Women's International

My decision was to invest in my education

Meet Valrie Campbell, General Manager – Group Operations, Kingston Wharves Ltd.. By Mike Jarrett hen Valrie Campbell arrived in Kingston with her mother, the bright, young high school student from th

Women on board: remove the barriers

Barriers preventing employment of women should be removed By Rawle Baddaloo omen have been employed in the maritime sector for an extremely long time. While it is very difficult to give very specific

Towards a sustainable maritime sector – a gender perspective

Gender equality will ultimately characterise the future of global maritime trade By Deniece M. Aiken* ustainability of the maritime industry has, in recent times, been identified as crucial and urgent

Global trade and protectionism – concerns again being raised

Should the Caribbean be concerned? he era of globalisation, towards the end of the 20th Century, produced more development thrust and wealth for impoverished countries that were former colonies of Eur

Women: An untapped resource in maritime industries

NEEDED: a strategic approach to promote gender equality to ensure that women gain equal access to opportunities for advancement By Deniece M. Aiken* ‘Shipping is as old as mankind' is a popular adage

GLOBAL TRADE: Should the Caribbean be concerned?

... concern that the rapid global expansion and gains in alleviation of poverty from which the Caribbean and other former European colonies benefited could be halted by a return to protectionism here

ONLY WOMEN ON DECK

ONLY WOMEN ON DECK All women crew ‘mans’ Monte Cristi 2018, November 1: It was a moment in history that was bound to be, when superstition and folly about women on board gave way to a time when women

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