Seaboard Jamaica has won its sixth consecutive award for First-Class Shipping Service from the Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA). The shipping company won the award in the Support Service Shipping category during the JEA's Export Awards Banquet...
Jamaica Trading Services (JTS), a local logistics provider, celebrated its 25th anniversary on June 14. The company was established in 1988 by Philip Jackson to provide services to Jamaicans returning home from the United Kingdom....
As a part of its 35th anniversary celebrations, French shipping line CMA CGM inaugurated the world's largest container ship, the CMA CGM Jules Verne on June 4....
Israeli Shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services, with local offices in Jamaica, celebrated its 68th anniversary on June 7.ZIM was established in 1945 by the Jewish agency, Histadrut Labor Federation and the Israel Maritime League...
The Port Trailer Haulage Association (PTHA) has forged a strategic partnership with the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) to develop and implement a training programme for the island's articulated truck drivers.On Monday, May 13, the PTHA and CMI...
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has secured calls from MSC Cruises, a division of the Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's second-largest shipping company.The agreement stipulates...
Regional Carrier Seafreight Shipping Line deepened its commitment to golf in Jamaica with last week's sponsorship of the Jamaica Golf Association's (JGA) National Amateur Championships.This is the shipping line's second year of sponsorship as part of an...
Grantley Stephenson, president of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), warned that corruption in international trade is hampering development and efficiency in the Caribbean region.The CSA, he said, cannot be unmindful of the reality of corruption...
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) recently strengthened its commitment to youth development through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Youth Upliftment through Employment (YUTE) social development organisation....
Israeli shipping line, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, through its local, agent, Carib Star, on May 8, held its second local-customer forum.The forum, which was themed, 'We Cross Oceans for our Customers', allowed for customers to give feedback on...
Members of the shipping industry turned out in their numbers last Friday to celebrate the life of Reginald 'Reggie' Smith, past president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), during a funeral held at the St Andrew Parish Church....
Rear Admiral (ret'd) Peter Brady, director general of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica and former chairman of the International Maritime Organisation's Standards of Training and Watchkeeping sub-committee, was guest of honour at the 50th anniversary...
Amidst the global shortage of professionals in the shipping industry, specifically officers, the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is seeking to expand its programme offerings to supply the industry with a diverse and qualified workforce...
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has partnered with sprint legend Usain Bolt - 100m and 200m world record holder and 100m and 200m two-time Olympic champion...
Dr Fritz Pinnock, executive director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute, is the Jamaica Association of Administrative Professional's (JAAP) 2013/14 islandwide 'Boss of the Year'...
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), in its most recent overseas training initiative, provided 19 stevedores from the Barbados Port Inc (BPI) and the Shipping Association of Barbados (SAB) with...
Michael Bernard, a past president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ), has been elected first vice-president of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF).Bernard was elected during a special members' meeting held on March 21...
Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, has characterised the plan to develop Jamaica as a logistics hub as a critical project at the heart of our (national) growth strategy.Hylton and his team addressed stakeholders in the...
Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) has acquired the stevedoring business of Shipping Services (Stevedoring) Limited, a longstanding provider of container stevedoring services on the Port of Kingston....
The Joint Industrial Council (JIC) for the Port of Kingston has a key role to play in the plans by the Government of Jamaica to expand the port and establish logistics parks, Derrick Kellier, minister of labour and social security....
Vigorous discussions relating to priority maritime issues dominated the regional meeting of senior maritime administrators and transport ministers in Montego Bay last week.
She may only be only five feet tall, but Denise Lyn Fatt epitomises the Jamaican saying 'likkle but tallawah'. The no-nonsense businesswoman, who has been in the shipping industry for 36 years, is the first female vice-president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ)...
