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CSA conference under way in Montego Bay

Published:Tuesday | October 12, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Shipping industry players attend the Shipping Association of Jamaica's (SAJ) OSHA 511 general industry course. (From left) In the back row are Radcliffe Spence, Donovan McDonald (Jamaica Freight), Damion Peart (Maritime Services), Keith Kinlocke (KCT), Winston Tingle (PCS) and Raymond Stewart (KCT). In second row are Lloyd Trusty (PAJ), Shanroy Shirley (KCT), Andrew Swaby (Jamaica Freight), Therold Gocoul (PCS), Roger Harper (KWL), Wickham Richards (KCT), Rhett Butler (Allied Insurance Brokers), Bentley Jones (Caribbean Broilers), Ricardo Campbell (KCT) and Dwight Castello (KCT). At front are Diana Campbell (Carib Star), Melmoth Trowers (KCT), Luckresha Ramsamugh-Baker, G. Tyrone Grant (trainer), Sharon Cain (KCT), Kelvin Whyte (Maritime Services) and Robert Lindsay (KWL). - contributed

The 40th annual general meeting, conference and exhibition of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA), is currently under way in Montego Bay.

The conference, which was officially opened by Minister of Transport and Works Mike Henry yesterday, has approximately 320 delegates in attendance from English, Spanish, French and Dutch Caribbean territories as well as several countries in Europe and South, Central and North America. The conference is themed 'Regional Maritime Integrated Strategy (RIMS): Dawn of a New Beginning'.

Conference day one saw the re-election of Carlos Urriola, general manager of Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama, as president, and Grantley Stephenson, chief executive officer of Kingston Wharves Limited, as vice-president of the CSA.

Much information

Delegates were presented with information on an integrated approach to vessel services by Aubrey Nai Chun Tong, marketing manager, Staatsolie Maatschappij, Suriname, and delivering customer delight by Steven Zipkoff, president and chief executive officer of Zipkoff Solutions.

Today's sessions will see presenters speaking on the following topics: Global Economic and Trade Outlook for the Caribbean; RIMS now: Dawn of a New Beginning, part one: Update on the Panama Canal Expansion; Global Supply Chain, Maritime Transportation and the Caribbean Transshipment Market; Transshipment, Logistics, Warehousing and Distribution - What Will Happen in the Caribbean; Rims now: Dawn of a New Beginning - part two: An Integrated Approach for Delivering Cruise Customer Satisfaction.

Tomorrow's session will see the continuation of RIMS with part three, themed 'Business Contingency Planning Against Natural and Environmental Disasters' and part four, under the theme 'The Way Forward'.

The CSA conference is an annual meeting of the region's top decision makers in the shipping industry.

'The CSA conference is an annual meeting of the region's top decision makers in the shipping industry.'