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2006
2006,
April 1: On Monday, March 20 Jamaica's shipping industry expressed deep
appreciation to retiring Prime Minister P. J. Patterson for his unwavering
support for the sector's growth and development throughout his political career.
 "Under
his wise leadership, we have developed a world-class maritime industry with more
than 3,000 vessel calls per year, directly employing more than 3,000 Jamaicans
and generating many thousands more jobs indirectly, both on and off the port,"
declared the Hon. Noel Hylton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Port
Authority of Jamaica (PAJ).
(Left to right) SAJ President
Mike Bernard, Charles
Johnston, trade unionist Hopeton
Caven and P.J.
Before
presenting the Prime Minister with a Citation, the PAJ President noted that the
PM's "unconditional support to the development of this sector has seen it become
one of the Jamaica's greatest success stories, with the Port Of Kingston rated
63rd among the world's top 100 ports".
PAJ President Noel Hylton (l)
makes presentation.
 The
function was organized by the Port Authority of Jamaica, the Shipping
Association of Jamaica (SAJ), Kingston Wharves Ltd. (KWL) and APM Terminals
(Jamaica) Limited. It was on behalf of all these organizations that Mr. Hylton
made a commitment to the James Patterson Institute of Technology, to provide
equipment for that new facility.
CSA President Corah Ann
Robertson-Sylvester
shares the moment with P.J.
 Michael
Bernard, President of the SAJ, delivered the official welcome. He drew attention
to the fact that "it has been under the leadership of Prime Minister Patterson
that our nation has seen the most audacious and extensive investments being made
in port expansion and modernization."
 The
SAJ president said that "…it is in direct response to this expansion that the
Shipping Association of Jamaica is engaged in a programme of employment and
training of portworkers - ensuring that our port personnel have the requisite
skills to compete with the best in the world."
(Left to right) Lisa Bell and
husband CSA General Manager
Stephen Bell, Finance Minister
Omar Davies and P.J.
In his
response to the tributes, Prime Minister Patterson said that he was "always
convinced that Jamaica's shipping industry has a very special and critical role
in national development". He thanked the public and private sectors, the workers
and trade unions involved in the industry "for proving that Jamaicans can
successfully work together toward mutually beneficial, national objectives."
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