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Kingston port decline couldn’t have happened under my watch
Monday, June 30, 2014
HENRY… we are failing to understand and grasp the real meaning of a hub
Dear Editor,
I must say how sad I am at the headline in last Friday's Caribbean Business Report regarding the decline in TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) movement in our Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) port, while we are preening and failing to understand and grasp the real meaning of a hub, and the necessary support needed to move us from a mere trans-shipment point to a 'hub'.
I could categorically state that this could not have happened under my watch. In my recent sectoral presentation I highlighted what the JLP and the ministry I ran had left in place as a plan to meet the programmes for growth in the new era of shipping, and the growth path for a 'multi-modal integrated hub', not just trans-shipment.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Kings...watch_17046649
Monday, June 30, 2014
HENRY… we are failing to understand and grasp the real meaning of a hub
Dear Editor,
I must say how sad I am at the headline in last Friday's Caribbean Business Report regarding the decline in TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) movement in our Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) port, while we are preening and failing to understand and grasp the real meaning of a hub, and the necessary support needed to move us from a mere trans-shipment point to a 'hub'.
I could categorically state that this could not have happened under my watch. In my recent sectoral presentation I highlighted what the JLP and the ministry I ran had left in place as a plan to meet the programmes for growth in the new era of shipping, and the growth path for a 'multi-modal integrated hub', not just trans-shipment.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Kings...watch_17046649