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Author Peter Senge is famously quoted as saying, "In the presence of greatness, pettiness disappears. In the absence of a great dream, pettiness prevails." If one has any difficulty fully understanding the profound nature of this statement...

Dr Morais Guy, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, deposited Instruments of Accession on the Convention of Maritime Salvage (1989) and two Maritime Protocols on behalf of the Jamaican Government...

Though he treasured his years at sea, Captain Diedrich Suendermann, general manager of Carib Star Shipping, was forced to accept the reality that there was limited scope or hope of upward movement aboard the merchant ships on which he served for 23 years.

This is part one of a two-part article on Captain Diedrich Suendermann, general manager of Carib Star Shipping.The general manager of Carib Star Shipping, a fully owned subsidiary of and local agents for ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd, barely...

The Thomson Dream, a cruise ship belonging to Thomson Cruise Lines, will homeport at the port of Montego Bay for the 2014-2015 winter season.

Denise Lyn-Fatt, managing director of Freight Handlers Limited, was among the over 1,500 global clients, partners and agents who recently joined the management and staff of SACO Shipping GmbH ...

In his presentation to high school students at the launch of the Maritime Awareness Week Open Day and Exhibition held at the Caribbean Maritime Institute on Monday, September 23, 2013, acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Culture...

In April 2013, Jamaica's unemployment rate stood at 16.3 per cent, according to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. This comes against the backdrop of what the United Nations International Labour Organisation described in its January 2013 Global...

The establishment of logistics hubs presents several advantages for regions and countries in which they are situated. Internationally, logistics hubs such as Dubai, Rotterdam, Singapore, and Dallas have encouraged investment in value-added and support services ...

This is the first of a four-part series on logistics with the aim of reducing the mysteries surrounding the issue, the Shipping Industry News will also continue into the future to prepare and present other features explaining the concept of the...

The Maritime Industry will be celebrating Maritime Awareness Week, September 22 to 27. Below is the list of activities to observe the week....

Members of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), observers, and participants attending the 43rd Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition in Panama next month will get an opportunity not many persons in global shipping will ever get...