Georgetown: Strategies for strengthening shipping associations across the Caribbean will be on the agenda of the12th annual Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference to be held in the Bahamas from May 13.
Members of the Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) will be among shipping industry executives from Europe, North America, the Caribbean and Latin America. They will be meeting to discuss growth expansion and mutual cooperation among members.
The conference is being held by the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) and the venue is the Grand Lucayan Beach and Golf Resort on Grand Bahama Island and the Guyanese delegation will be led by Mr. Desmond Sears, President of the SAG.
Sears disclosed that the Conference will be of special interest to the SAG because the topics to be discussed will cover a wide range of issues and trends in the maritime sector.
The CSA has said that participants will be exposed to the latest trends and technological developments which will be widely deployed in marine terminals of the future.
Presentations will cover international trade; corruption and the readiness of marine pilots for the opening of the expanded Panama Canal and the massive ships which will consequently be servicing regional ports.
“Alternative energy and the economics of cargo by sea will also come under the microscope. It will be of particular importance to ships owners and shipping lines.”
Advances in marine port technology and the implications for productivity and staffing will also be discussed when the topic ‘Automated Terminals’ is presented.
Presentations will also be made by the two terminals which won the CSA’s 2012 Caribbean Port Awards – N.V.Havenbeheer Suriname and Sociedad Portuaria de Cartagena (SPRC) in Colombia.
The Surinamese and the Colombians will be sharing ideas and strategies which made them winners of the CSA’s annual awards.
National shipping associations and their contribution to development and potential for facilitating growth, the CSA said, will also be discussed.
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