KINGSTON CARIB STAR VESSELS ETA RHL AGILITAS 27/11 VEGA SCORPIO 28/11 SANTA LINEA 30/11 TIANJIN 30/11 CMA CGM VESSELS ETA CONTSHIP PRO 26/11 CFS PAFILIA 26/11 SEABOARD SUN 27/11...
Shipping Association of Jamaica past president Harriat ‘Harry’ Maragh was conferred on November 15, 2019, with a Doctor of Letters in cruise shipping and marine tourism honoris causa by the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) during their annual...
Seaboard Jamaica opened its doors on October 1, 1999, with a small group of persons transferring from Jamaica Freight and Shipping. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seaboard Marine, which was established in 1983 and provides direct,...
As is customary, Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) will extend opening hours to facilitate cargo delivery during the Christmas season. The festive period is considered one of the peak seasons in the shipping industry, when cargo volumes usually...
In 2019, Jamaica is elated that its business reform programme is bearing fruit as seen in the improvement in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report 2020 score and ranking, with the latter moving from 75 in 2019 to 71 in 2020. This positive movement...
Commencing November 1, 2019, the Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWiFT) will be introduced, to clients of the Trade Board Limited (TBL). Initially, clients will be encouraged to complete the user registration process. This is the first step in...
Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL), through its Millennial Club, carried out a clean-up exercise in sections of the Newport West community, off Marcus Garvey Drive, recently. Conducted as part of International Coastal Clean-Up Day, the activities...
United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald R. Tapia toured Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) recently, along with other embassy officials. Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Wharves Grantley Stephenson took the ambassador through a presentation on...
The Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) 49th Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition started yesterday at the Barcelo Bávaro Palace hotel in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The event is being hosted by the Asociacion de Navieros de la...
VESSELS ETA CARIB STAR JENNIFER SCHEPERS 09/10 VEGA SCORPIO 09/10 AS FABIANA 09/10 BELITA 11/10 TAIPEI TRADER 14/10 SANTA LORETTA 14/10 CMA CGM CONTSHIP PRO 08/10 WATERMARK ST GEORGE 08/10 NORTHERN POWER 08/10 NADJA 08/10...
On September 26, Jamaica joined the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the global shipping and maritime community to celebrate the annual World Maritime Day under the theme ‘Empowering Women in the Maritime Community’. “Gender equality...
Members, clients, and business partners of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) filled its conference room last Friday to attend a Lunch and Learn seminar. The topic was ‘Customs Act 2019’ and the presenter was Hazel Edwards, senior director...
In a flurry of firsts, on August 14, the MV Vega Scorpio, a Zim vessel made its maiden voyage to Kingston to begin a new Central America-Caribbean service. On hand to welcome the vessel and present the master with a commemorative plaque was Captain...
Kingston Dry Dock Limited in Harbour Head, Kingston, reopened on September 6, 2019. The ship maintenance facility was closed for six weeks for repair and renovation.
In June of this year, Seaboard Marine announced that it would be offering a new service which would impact its customers in Jamaica, as well as the wider Caribbean and Latin American markets. Piero Buitano, Seaboard Marine vice-president – South...
The honourable Robert Montague, minister of transport and mining, will deliver the keynote address at the official opening of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Caribbean Bunker Conference, themed ‘The Caribbean Journey to 2020...
