As the world adapts to the ‘new normal’ ushered in by COVID-19, shipping and the entire supply chain have been exhibiting two of the characteristics that are vital to survival: innovation and flexibility. These new approaches to doing business...
Pier 17 Jamaica, a new member of the Shipping Association of Jamaica, started operations in May 2020, offering to freight forwarders exclusive ‘less than container load’ (LCL) services as a neutral consolidator, with regional inter-connections for...
Chairman of the Council of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) Professor Gordon Shirley has announced a number of key appointments as the university continues its drive to strengthen its governance framework. Professor Evan Duggan has been...
The second quarter of 2020 sees the COVID-19 pandemic taking its toll on shipping, with an estimated 25 per cent decrease in container volumes worldwide, according to freightwaves.com, publishers of the online market research journal American...
Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2020 | 12:11 AM
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THE JAMAICA Customs Agency (JCA) has advised that effective Monday, May 11, customs officers are no longer preparing Simplified Declarations (IMS4) for walk-in customers clearing shipments not exceeding US$5,000. The Shipping Association of Jamaica...
PRELIMINARY RESULTS from the COVID-19 compliance audit being conducted by the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) among its 79 members, show that members have been complying diligently with government guidelines. The audit commenced on Monday,...
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Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:17 AM
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THE EFFECTS of the coronavirus pandemic are of such historic and far-reaching proportions that the world will never be the same, even long after it has passed. The ‘new normal’ has therefore become the current buzzword, referring to lasting changes...
From Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited Please be advised that in light of the recent announcements made by the Government of Jamaica regarding curfew hours, we will be adjusting our Domestic Gate operations effective Wednesday, April 22, 2020 as...
THE SHIPPING Association of Jamaica (SAJ), the representative body of companies engaged in the shipping and logistics industry, is instituting an inspection regime to audit each member company to ensure their compliance with government guidelines...
Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL) has introduced an appointment service for its clients who are processing less-than-container load cargo, for example, pallets, boxes, barrels and other such shipments. To support that service, the company has now...
WHEN SHIPPING professionals speak of a ‘supply chain’, they are referring not only to how things such as warehouses, containers, ships and ports are interconnected in global trade. More profoundly, they are speaking of how people in diverse...
KINGSTON CMA CGM VESSELS ETA CFS PAFILIA 14/04 GERHARD SCHULTE 15/04 ASIAN TRADER 15/04 SEABOARD SUN 15/04 TAMPA TRADER 15/04 CSAV TRANCURA 16/04 POHORJE 18/04 LETAVIA 19/04 CMA CGM FORT SAINT CHARLES 19/04 CMA CGM TAMARIND 20/04 WARNOW DOLPHIN 20/...
An article appearing in Lloyd’s Lists Market Intelligence on April 5, 2020, reports that labour-dispatch halls at some of the world’s ports may need to reconsider their methods of deploying labour amid the current health crisis. Those ports can...
SEABOARD MARINE, for more than 40 years, has served the Western Hemisphere carrying cargo to some of the world’s hardest-hit countries in the aftermath of natural disasters. But no situation has come close to the recent pandemic affecting nearly...
In a statement, Shipyards and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA) Europe said there was an urgent need for ‘urgent, tailor-made’ support at EU level in order to safeguard Europe’s strategic maritime industry. Europe’s maritime technology sector...
IN VIEW of the developing situation with the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and global restrictions on travel, the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) has decided to cancel the 2020 staging of the Caribbean Shipping Executives...
A RECENT survey conducted by the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) among its members to assess the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the shipping industry, showed that 80 per cent of respondents are experiencing loss of income, some in...
Published:Tuesday | April 21, 2020 | 12:05 AM
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FOR CENTURIES, the world’s shipping industry has proven its resilience in the face of pandemics, wars, hurricanes and earthquakes. Through all those disasters, the maritime sector has been the lifeline for citizens of the world – providing food,...
