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"To promote and foster the highest quality service to the maritime industry through training development; working with all agencies, groups and other associations for the benefit and development of its members and the peoples of the Caribbean region."

GENERAL COUNCIL
2007-2008
  • PRESIDENT:
    Fernando Rivera
  • VICE PRESIDENT:
    Carlos Urriola
  • IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:
    Corah-Ann Robertson Sylvester
  • GROUP A CHAIRMAN:
    Robert Foster
  • GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
    Michael Bernard
  • GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
    Ian Deosaran
  • GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
    Francis Comacho
  • GROUP B CHAIRMAN:
    Grantley Stephenson
  • GROUP B REPRESENTATIVE:
    David Jean-Marie
  • GROUP C CHAIRMAN:
    Johan Bjorksten
  • GROUP C REPRESENTATIVE:
    Cyril Seyjagat
  • GENERAL MANAGER:
    Clive Forbes
  • DIRECTOR INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS:
    Michael S.L. Jarrett

  • 2006

    2006, July 6: The Port Authority of Jamaica has moved ahead with plans to develop a modern distribution hub in Kingston, using its subsidiary company, Jamaica International Free Zone Development Company.

    Plans were initiated in 2005 for the development of the hub, which will facilitate the redistribution of goods, particularly from Europe and Asia, into the United States, England, Central and South America.

    Jamaica’s Minister of Transport, Robert Pickersgill, in his contribution to a Parliamentary debate on July 4, said that the development of the facility, would expand the income base and improve the profitability of the Port Authority.

    He said that” “… enterprises operating in the distribution hub will be involved in the stripping, re-packaging, assemble and redistribution of goods. There will be scope for accommodating light manufacturing".

    According to the Minister, "… the development of distribution hub capacities will open up opportunities for international manufacturers to redistribute cargo on a timely basis in this hemisphere. The facilities will also provide a base for manufacturing and export to the region, while creating a solid platform for the marketing of goods and services offered by Jamaica and other Caribbean countries".

    Meanwhile, Zim Shipping Line has also begun distribution hub operations in the island under a partnership agreement with the Jamaican port authority. The Minister explained that "the Zim Company plans to offer logistics services including deconsolidation of shipments from China and other countries, and re-packaging for destinations throughout the Americas. It is expected to handle 300, 600 and 1,000 containers a month in the first, second and third year respectively".



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