Colombia, Suriname terminals take top prizes in CSA port award competition
Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Two South American marine terminals, Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena (SPRC) in Colombia and Paramaribo (Suriname), took the top prizes in this year's Caribbean Shipping Association's (CSA) Caribbean Port Awards.
The announcement was made at the CSA's gala banquet on Wednesday, October 17 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The banquet marked the end of the association's 42nd annual general meeting conference and exhibition, held over three days at La Concha resort.
SPRC has won this award on five previous occasions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010). This is the second consecutive year that Suriname's multi-purpose port, NV Havenbeheer, is winning this event.
In the sectional awards, the prize for 'Dependability' was won by Guadeloupe and the 'Efficiency' prize went to Santa Marta, Colombia. Intership Terminal, Puerto Rico took the prize for 'Growth', while Bridgetown (Barbados) won the 'Safety' award.
The terminals were judged on performance recorded in the last calendar year.
The CSA annual Port Award competition was established in 1987 to encourage and promote marine port development in the Caribbean.