“Regardless of what is happening, we still need to deliver exceptional services to our customers. We cannot use the situation as an excuse not to deliver.” These are the comments of Dr Nsombi Jaja as she addressed an online Customer Experience...
The global shipping sector can learn from Jamaica when it comes to gender equality. That’s the message from four successful women in maritime who took part in a ‘Women In Maritime Affairs’ webinar on Thursday, July 15. Chairman of the Maritime...
The global maritime industry will focus on ‘new technologies for greener shipping’ in the coming year as the need to create a more sustainable future takes centre stage. The worldwide theme was announced by the International Maritime Organization (...
Carrier companies are expected to post US$100 billion in combined profit for the first time this year. The projection was made by global shipping consultancy Drewry in its most recent Container Forecaster report. The news comes despite operational...
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) is urging eligible workers within the industry to get vaccinated against the coronavirus which has infected over 51,000 Jamaicans. The latest call came from the SAJ’s president, William Brown, who said...
Just about a month and a half in, Jamaica has had its first brush with what forecasters say will be yet another active Atlantic hurricane season. As weather conditions deteriorated late Saturday, June 3, into Sunday morning, many wondered what the...
July 13-19, 2021 CMA CGM VESSELS ETA KINGSTON HAMBURG TRADER 13/07 REGULA 13/07 AS FIORELLA 13/07 MATHILDE SCHULTE 13/07 KONRAD 13/07 AS FILIPPA 14/...
June 29-July 5, 2021 CMA CGM VESSELS ETA KINGSTON CMA CGM HOPE BAY 06/07 CONTSHIP PAX 06/07 AS FEDERICA 06/07 SEATRADE BLUE 07/07 GH LESTE 07/07 WATERMARK ST GEORGE 07/07 RHODOS...
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) will mount a two-day virtual customer experience webinar from July 28 to July 29. The seven-hour training will be facilitated by Dr Nsombi Jaja, certified management consultant and chairman of the Jamaica...
New measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by commercial vessels were adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently. The measures were approved at the international agency’s Maritime Environment Protection Committee (...
The cost of moving goods across the world has increased significantly over the past year, and shipping companies are warning that customers and consumers will likely feel it in their pockets soon. With an estimated 80 per cent of global trade...
Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) will invest approximately US$40 million in infrastructural development projects over the next 18 months. The figure, which equates to about J$6 billion, will be primarily used to redevelop Berth 7 as KWL moves to...
Being part of any industry for over four decades would give anyone substantial insight into its operations, developments, and challenges. It is this unique perspective that Captain Andre Smith has brought to the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ),...
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) successfully staged a supervisory management workshop for more than 70 participants from Jamaica and several Caribbean territories, on June 3. The virtual seminar was held to provide participants with the...
When the legendary James Brown sang It’s A Man’s World, he was not referring to the shipping industry, but it could well be applied, since women make up only two per cent of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers, according to the International Maritime...
Richard and Shara-Kay Kinlocke of Gateway Shipping International (GSI) are a brother-sister team who are profoundly inspired by their late father, Robert Kinlocke, whose legacy they are proud to continue. Both siblings had an early start in the...
The Jamaica Producers Group (JP) is assured it will meet its growth ambitions despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jamaica Producers stated its operational platform was tested in the previous year, but proved to be resilient and provided...
“Good decision-making requires reliable and relevant data,” declared William Brown, president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica, during the launch of the Caribbean Research Institute (CRI) at the Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference (CSEC...
