Richard Azan, minister of state in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, showed his support to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) with a donation of 12 single-bed mattresses...
The Jamaica Freight and Shipping Company Ltd and Seaboard Freight and Shipping Jamaica Limited family are deeply saddened at the recent tragic and untimely death of employee, Hanif Fuller.Fuller was employed as an equipment coordinator on August 3...
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) congratulates Devron Newman on his promotion to the rank of captain in the Merchant Marine, effective May 1, 2012.
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) wishes to advise that the period for special application and loan renewal at the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has been extended...
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) will celebrate the Day of the Seafarer on Monday, June 25.The celebration is geared towards highlighting seafaring as a noteworthy career choice; the significance...
Shipping agent Jamaica Freight and Shipping is singing praises for the new software Advantum Port and Agent Manager.The new software, designed by ADVANTUM (formerly Port Computer Services), was introduced to agents late last year...
The Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) has established a partnership with an alternative energy solution company to manufacture primarily light-emitting diode (LED) lights and solar PV (photovoltaic) panels for sale throughout...
Antilles Freight Corporation (AFC), represented by local agent Ocean Air International Limited, was recently honoured as one of 50 outstanding Jamaican business achievers in Florida...
President of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) Carlos Urriola has implored executives attending the Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference (CSEC) in Jacksonville, Florida, to plan for change as they look to the future of the shipping...
The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) will be investigating reports of low power voltage in the Newport West shipping community. This follows a meeting with members of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) last week....
Berthing operations at Berth 3 at Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) has been suspended following damage caused to the berth by the MSC Brianna last Thursday. At approximately 5 p.m., the MSC Brianna, a container vessel...
Major Richard Reese brings to the shipping industry strong managerial skills and a solid background in the areas of logistics, finance, intelligence, asset protection and emergency management.The former army man served as a commissioned military...
Jacqueline Cole, managing director of International Logistic Solutions Limited, has been unanimously re-elected to serve a second term as president of the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica.
The Rear Admiral Peter Brady-led Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) now has a new board of directors. The members of the new board are: Dr Peter-John Gordon, chairman of the board and lecturer, Department of Economics - University of the West Indies; Kemel Allen, consultant banker...
The Caribbean region, including Jamaica and other Small Island Developing States, lacks the resources to combat a major oil spill, delegates to a regional convention on oil-spill prevention...
The 11th Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference (CSEC) will bring delegates face to face with the current realities facing world shipping and, against that background, will focus attention on the state and immediate future of the industry in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Jeffrey Hall, chief executive officer of Jamaica Producers Group (JP), and Kathleen Moss, a member of the JP board, have been appointed directors of the board of Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL).
