Home porting potential in JamaicaThe cruise sector is doing very well, with vessels calling not only on the traditional north coast ports, but in Kingston as well. However, there is greater potential for the sector through home porting.Montego Bay...
On February 6, 2017, the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) hosted a successful Social Media Bootcamp. The workshop, presented by social media guru Dennis Brooks, was aimed at exposing participants...
Jamaica was one of several countries meeting in Malmo, Sweden, from January 24-25 to examine the opportunities and challenges in the field of maritime energy with the aim of developing...
Last Thursday, Jamaica launched its bid to be re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at a Jamaica House ceremony. The council is the executive organ of IMO and is responsible...
Kingston Wharves welcomed the M/V Hoegh Trigger, a post-Panamax vessel, to the Port of Kingston. The vessel, along with the Hoegh Target, is the world's largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier."This call...
These are exciting times for Jamaica. After many years of sluggish development, missed opportunities, political upheavals and the feeling among many Jamaicans that better opportunities lay elsewhere, there is now a...
MORE THAN 100 senior citizens, including the disabled and shut-ins of the Greenwich Town community, were treated to grocery items for the Christmas season, courtesy of the Shipping Association of...
AGENT/VESSEL ARRIVALCMA CGM JAMAICACONTSHIP RAY 10/01FRISIA INN 11/01SEABOARD SUN 11/01CONTSHIP RAY 11/01EVRIDIKI G 11/01TAIPEI TRADER 12/01LLOYD DON GIOVANNI 12/01KING BYRON 12/01HANNAH SCHULTE 13/01CFS PANJANG 13/01CMA CGM FORT STE...
In a time-honoured tradition, stevedores and administrative staff at the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) gave of their time to spend a day with the young students of their adopted school in Greenwich Town...
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), the concessionaire for the Kingston Container Terminal, will be conducting dredging within the shipping channel and the Port Bustamante Basin (Kingston...
January 3, 2017 – January 9, 2017 Shipping ScheduleKINGSTON: January 3-9, 2017AGENT/VESSEL ARRIVALCARIB STAR/ZIMZIM VIRGINIA 03/01VEGA AZURIT 04/01RIO DE JANEIRO EXPRESS 05/01TRINIDAD TRADER 07/01ZIM BARCELONA 08/01PORTO 09/01TORONTO TRADER 09/...
Almost 200 members and beneficiaries of the Kingston Port Workers Superannuation Fund (KPWSF) and the Shipping Association of Jamaica Staff Pension Fund (SAJSPF) were feted by the Shipping Association of Jamaica...
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) has announced a reduction in the containerised cargo assessment charge following negotiations with some of the shipping lines which call on...
