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June 1, 2015
Are your channels deep enough?
Are your channels deep enough? Larger feeder vessels are expected. Are your channels deep enough? By Mike Jarrett 2015 June 1: Not all Caribbean ports...
June 1, 2015
Hot Potato! Weighing liability of Caribbean port operators
Hot Potato! Weighing liability of Caribbean port operators By Lowel Morgan * There is, apparently, a great game of ‘hot potato’ being played in the...
June 1, 2015
Caribbean maritime history – Women in Maritime Association launched
2015 June: A new chapter in Caribbean maritime history was started in Montego Bay Jamaica in mid-April 2015. Forty-seven women from 14 countries...
June 1, 2015
Prepare for new obligations to weigh containers
2015 June: Overweight containers and incorrectly declared weight have been a problem for ports, shipping lines and others in the global supply chain...
June 1, 2015
How to build a sustainable cruise port
How to build a sustainable cruise port THE IMPACT OF CRUISING ON THE CARIBBEAN Growth in cruise traffic is usually perceived as positive. Growth in...
June 1, 2015
Sound port operations to protect the environment
Sound port operations to protect the environment By Jan Sierhuis* and Jesper Goodley Dannisoe** The port is like a complicated organism with many...
February 15, 2015
Warehouse management is all about attention to detail
2015 February: Warehouse management has evolved from times when general cargo was discharged “loose” from ships. The wharfinger, a licensed warehouse...
February 8, 2015
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...
February 8, 2015
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...
February 8, 2015
Expansion at MIT – Increased capacity in the year ahead
Expansion at MIT – Increased capacity in the year ahead The first private port in Pamana, MIT started operations in 1995 on the Atlantic coast of...
February 1, 2015
CMI launches master’s degree in 2015
2015 February: The pace of activity within the walls of the Caribbean Maritime Institute will increase significantly in the year ahead. Three red pins...
February 1, 2015
The new port manager
2015 February: It is sometimes argued that those involved in port management focus almost exclusively on what is happening within the boundaries of...












