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The fifth annual Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference
2006, May 15: The fifth
annual Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference, May 22 to 24, in Willemstad,
Curaçao, hosted by the Caribbean Shipping Association, will bring together the
top decision-makers in regional shipping for three days of deliberations,
technical presentations and discussion.
 Registration
was expected to get close to the 200 mark by the morning of May 22 when
Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) President, Corah Ann Robertson-Sylvester
calls the conference to order.
CSA President
Robertson-Sylvester
The
keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies will be Governor of Curaçao, Mrs. L.
M. Richards-Dindial.
Governor of Curaçao,
L. M. Richards-Dindial
Delegates
represent the four language groups in the Caribbean region and border countries
in Northern South America, Central America and the North American mainland.
Given the number of European lines which serve the Caribbean, many delegates
will also cross the Atlantic for this event.
The CSA’s fifth annual Caribbean Shipping
Executives Conference will focus on a number of topics dealing with Trade,
Handling of Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials; Ship size and port
facilities; and, Disaster Preparedness.
 “Trade
Liberalization and the Effect on Maritime Transport” will be addressed by Ramesh
Chaitoo, Services Specialist at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
based in Barbados and Sacha Vacianna, Consultant, Trade Specialist based in
Jamaica. There will also be presentations on the topic “Trade Logistics & Supply
Chain Management” by Francisco J. Ricaurte, Caribbean Operations Manager, Latin
America District, United Parcel Service Supply Chain Solutions, based in
Florida.
Ramesh
Chaitoo
The business of “Handling Dangerous Goods and
Hazardous Material” will be addressed by Peter Fitt of the West Coast Maritime
Institute, Canada.
“Customs Reform and Modernization in the
Caribbean” will be presented by Julian G. Lopez Ramirez, Commissioner of Customs
& Excise, Netherlands Antilles.
“Ship Size and Port Facilities”, a very important
topic at this time, given the rapid increase in the size of ships now being
employed in all trades, will be presented by David Bindler, President of David
Bindler Consulting Limited of the USA.
Other papers to be presented at the Curaçao
conference include: “Corporate Social Responsibility”. “Disaster Preparedness
and Relief” will be presented by Ambrose Phillip, General Manager, Grenada Ports
Authority and Guus Verhagen, from Maritime Institute De Ruyter, Curaçao.
The third day of the CSA conference will be
dedicated to the cruise industry. Delegates will focus on a number of topics
vital to the growth and development of the cruise industry, a pillar of
Caribbean national economies.
Cruise issues will be addressed by Horace Hord -
Regional Vice President, Royal Caribbean International/ Celebrity Cruises and
Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace – Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism
Organization.
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