EDITORIAL

Responsibilities of corporate citizens orts, unless singularly located on an island, will butt on at least one community. And often because of the sheer size of its footprint, will find more than one community as neighbours just beyond the perimeter fence. Communities are complex social units, for the diversity of individuals, persuasions, vocations and capabilities;...

The role and function of ports cannot be viewed simply ... ven before the end of June, the Summer of 2019 was already being labelled one of the hottest on record. North Americans, some stripped to the waist in public places, were trying to deal with temperatures that often exceeded 107ºF/42ºC ... hotter than mostwould...

The Caribbean is no newcomer to oil he rhetorical question has been raised: is the Caribbean the next global oil-producing region? Truth is: the Caribbean is no newcomer to oil. Some of the earliest commercial attempts to mine oil were made in the southern Caribbean. Today the Caribbean has more proven oil reserves than could...

  Concerns in regional tourism with growth of cruise espite the relatively small size of the Caribbean (approximately 44 million persons and 87,000 sq. miles scattered across 26 island states and territories) the region is the world leader in the global cruise industry and pleasure boating sub-sectors. Indeed, the Caribbean is regarded as ‘the cruise...

EDITORIAL Caribbean Port Management Workshop necessary, vital The Caribbean Port Management Workshop greatly expanded regional dialogue and underscored the need for collective action for survival and progress. This new and unique event was proposed by Portside Caribbean in 2016 and has come to fruition as a highly successful collaboration between this magazine, the Port Management...

Caribbean Port Management Workshop a unique regional event The cover of the 11th edition (February 2018) of Portside Caribbean magazine screamed success. It is our assessment of the recent Caribbean Port Management Workshop in Panama in January. The workshop, initially expected to attract participation of approximately 50 port management personnel and topic presenters, had over...