FCCA opens registration for 2026 cruise conference in San Juan
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association has opened registration for its 32nd Annual Cruise Conference & Trade Show, scheduled to take place from October 12 to 16, 2026, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan. The event is expected to bring together ports, destinations, tourism authorities, tour operators, suppliers and other businesses seeking direct access […]
PMAC – 29GA- Three Apprentices, Six Weeks: PMAC Invests in Maritime Talent
Three young people will spend six weeks moving through three parts of the maritime chain: a shipping company, a port and one of the carrier’s customers. The programme is modest in scale, but it addresses a wider Caribbean challenge—how to attract new talent to an industry that many young people rarely see or understand. Ships […]
Latin America Sets a Common Course for Maritime Cooperation
Latin American maritime administrations have adopted their first common regional agenda for technical cooperation, opening the way to closer coordination on regulatory capacity, institutional development and the implementation of international maritime standards. The agreement was reached during the First Joint Meeting of Directors and Heads of Maritime Administrations of Latin America, known as DAMLA 1, […]
PMAC – 29GA- Standardising KPIs: The data that brings ports and shipping lines together
Caribbean ports already measure productivity. The problem is that they do not always measure it in the same way. For shipping lines operating across several terminals, that makes comparison difficult and reduces the value of the data collected. Two ports may report indicators carrying the same name while relying on different methods or operational contexts. […]
French Guiana: Turning the Port into a Driver of Production and Exports
In conversation with Stéphane Tant, Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Michaël Nicolas, Director of Strategy and Development at the Grand Port Maritime de la Guyane. Cargo traffic at the Grand Port Maritime de la Guyane continues to grow steadily. Yet this growth, largely driven by the territory’s domestic needs, is […]
How the Caribbean is strengthening its voice in global shipping decarbonization
The Caribbean depends heavily on maritime transport, yet the region has not always had the technical capacity or coordinated representation required to influence the international rules shaping shipping’s energy transition. That gap is now being addressed through the UWI-Caribbean Shipping Lanes Project (UWI-CSL), an initiative examined in Issue 57 of Caribbean Maritime, the official journal […]
PMAC – 29GA- Sensors, AI and Connected Containers: A Practical Smart-Port Path for the Caribbean?
Artificial intelligence can turn container images into inspection records, while connected sensors follow cargo beyond the port gate. But a port’s digital upgrade also depends on knowing who is inside the terminal, where people and equipment are moving and whether an emerging risk requires action. A vessel enters the port carrying containers. The movements of […]
Trinidad and Tobago tops the 2026 NovaPort Cup as French overseas ports fill the next three places
The Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has won the 2026 NovaPort Cup, finishing ahead of the Grand Port Maritime de la Guyane and the Établissement Portuaire de Saint-Martin. The Grand Port Maritime de la Martinique ranked fourth, giving French overseas ports three consecutive positions immediately behind the Caribbean port award’s latest champion. Presented during […]
PMAC – 29GA- One Ship Clearance Across the OECS: Building a Digital Maritime Corridor
The OECS is considering a digital corridor that could allow a vessel cleared in one participating port to continue through the region without repeating the same procedures at every call. The proposal promises greater visibility and shorter processing times, but its implementation will depend on more than technology. A vessel serving several Eastern Caribbean islands […]
PMAC – 29GA- PMAC expands its Network: Port membership up nearly 18%, associate network up nearly 40%
Four new port members and a rapidly expanding associate network are widening PMAC’s reach. The next challenge is to convert that growth into training, regional standards and projects that continue between annual meetings. The Port Management Association of the Caribbean concluded its 29th Annual General Meeting with a larger membership and a broader operational agenda. […]
PMAC – 29GA- No Security, No Trade: The Caribbean Port Blind Spot
Transnational criminal networks operate across maritime routes, container systems and national borders. Caribbean ports are now confronting a central weakness: local incidents are not always converted into regional intelligence. Caribbean ports are economic gateways. They move food, fuel, consumer goods, industrial inputs and passengers between territories whose economies depend heavily on maritime trade. They are […]
PMAC – 29GA- Who Will Finance the Caribbean’s Port Transition ?
The European Union, DFC and regional institutions are opening new pathways to capital. But Caribbean ports must first turn their modernisation and decarbonisation ambitions into credible, measurable and bankable projects. Caribbean ports are being asked to modernise ageing infrastructure, digitalise cargo processes, strengthen resilience and security, and prepare for the decarbonisation of maritime transport—all at […]