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Regional shipping executives conference in Curacao
CSA
presents ...
Successful regional shipping executives
conference in Curaçao
2010, May
17: More than 200 business executives in the regional shipping industry
gathered in Willemstad, Curaçao for the ninth annual Caribbean Shipping
Executives Conference.
 The
conference, presented by the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) was held over
three days, May 17, 18 and 19, at the Marriott hotel. The keynote address was
delivered by Governor of the Island Territory of Curaçao, Lizanne Dindial.
CSA
President, Carlos Urriola, in welcoming delegates, mainly members of the CSA,
said: “ Your presence is what makes the CSA real. Your participation is what
makes the CSA great.”
 Commenting
on what was a difficult year for regional maritime industries, the CSA president
said, last year shipping lost billions of dollars in revenues and had to apply
the ‘bamboo concept’ of flexibility to bend in the wind but to remain strong.
He said the world economy was still economically unpredictable.
“Of one
thing we are sure, things are not yet back to normal. The question is, when they
do, will we be ready? The CSA President noted that cargo is starting to
increase and that the cruise industry was doing better. The question was whether
this was real recovery.”
In
welcoming the news media, Mr. Urriola commented that it was essential for
peoples of island-states to be always conscious of the importance of the
shipping industry to their economic survival. This national consciousness about
the importance of the industry ensures that long term planning takes place. The
news media’s role of ‘enlightenment’ could be well served if time and space were
dedicated to raising such a national consciousness about the shipping industry
and its vital role in development.
 “Through
our various training initiatives and events the CSA has been a major contributor
to the raising of such a consciousness. We have trained people in how to
do things and how to be better operatives in the various aspects of the shipping
industry. The foundation of CSA Training spans human empowerment, releasing
potential; and increasing productivity,” the CSA President said.
 Even
as he spoke, plans were being finalized in Curaçao for two CSA training
seminars: “Benefiting from Cruise Tourism” and “Agency Management & Strategic
Positioning” training seminars. These were scheduled for Thursday and Friday
(May 20 and 21). Both training seminars are also scheduled for June 2010 in
Trinidad and October 2010 in Jamaica.
The ninth
CSEC was hosted by Curaçao Ports Authority and Curaçao Port Services.
On
the third day of the conference, delegates were taken on two tugs for a tour by
water of the Port of Willemstad.
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