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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
2009-2010

PRESIDENT:
Carlos Urriola-Tam

VICE PRESIDENT:
Grantley Stephenson

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:
Fernando Rivera

GROUP A CHAIRMAN:
Michael Bernard

GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
Rhett Chee Ping

GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
Roger Hinds

GROUP A REPRESENTATIVE:
Glyne St. Hill

GROUP B CHAIRMAN:
David Jean-Marie

GROUP B REPRESENTATIVE:
Linda Profijt-Del-Prado

GROUP C CHAIRMAN:
Cyril Seyjagat

GROUP C REPRESENTATIVE:
David Ross

GENERAL MANAGER:
Clive Forbes

DIRECTOR INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS:
Michael S.L. Jarrett

PORT ESQUIVEL
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LOCATION: Latitude: 17° 53' N - Longitude: 77° 08' W

ADMINISTRATION: Port Authority of Jamaica

15-17 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica.

Tel: +876 992 0290-8/0940 - Fax: +876 924 9437 - Telex: 2386 PORTOPS.

Port manager: Bernard Cousineau (president and CEO, Alcan Jamaica Ltd).

Tel: +876 983 2314-6/962 2221

Harbour master: Capt Hopeton Delisser.

Tel: +876 922 0290-8/0940 - Fax: +876 924 9437

Chief pilot: Derrick Brandt (president of Jamaica Marine Pilots' Association).

Tel: +876 922 2725/5749 - Fax: +876 922 8764.

Radio frequency: VHF Channel 11 (working VHF Channel 17).

WORKING HOURS: Mon-Sun: 07.00-17.00

APPROACH: Dredged channel of around 1 nautical mile with a depth 9.45 meters.

HAZARD: Close reefs on both sides of the entrance channel.

TRANSPORTATION: Inland transportation is by rail and road.

Airports: Norman Manley International Airport and privately owned domestic airport.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS: Imports: Grain - Exports: Alumina, molasses, bauxite.

WEATHER: Winds: E, ESE, SE, SSE 57 per cent; N, NNW, NW 32 per cent. Wind speed: 10 knots 60 per cent; 10-21 knots 35 per cent - Windiest months are March, June, July, and August. Strongest winds from E, ESE, SE - Tides: MHW 30.48 cm-25.4 cm.

ANCHORAGE: On NW side of Pigeon Island in depth of 13-15 meters.

PILOTAGE: Agents alert Pilotage Department on ship's ETA and ETD at least three hours before required time. Pilot boards and guides the ships in and out of the channel. Pilotage is charged according to grt.

TOWAGE: None.

TRAFFIC: Vessel calls per year:

Container: 0 - Cruise: 0 - Ro-ro: 0 - Bulk: 168 - Breakbulk: 0 - Other: 0

Cargo handled per year: Over 1 million tonnes.

Cargo handled per day: 5,000 to 5,999 tonnes.

EQUIPMENT: None.

STORAGE: Open storage: Available - Covered storage: None

Air draft: No restrictions. - Refrigeration capacity: None.

BUNKERS: Available with notice.

PROVISIONS: Available.

WATER: Adequate supply of water available.

FACILITIES: Maximum draft alongside: 11.1 meters - Longest vessel: 198 meters LOA.

Facility	Length (meters)	Depth (meters)
Alumina Wharf	198	11.1
Cargo Pier	61	4.9

Cruise: None - Bulk: Alumina export facilities - Ro-ro: None.

Tankers and LPG carriers: One berth.

NEW FACILITIES: None notified.

PRIVATE WHARFS: Alumina Jamaica Ltd.

MEDICAL AID: Facilities in Old Harbour.

ENVIRONMENT: n/a.

LLOYD'S AGENT: R.S. Gamble (1998) Ltd, Kingston.

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