Line Already Forming For Kingston Logistics Park

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The logistics park being developed by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is two years away from completion, but already various businesses in food distribution, equipment and parts, and fast moving consumer goods are expressing interest in the Kingston hub.

That's according to the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) which contracted CHEC last December to develop a "world-class" facility, the centrepiece of which is a 18,000-square metre warehouse that will take up more than half of a 31,700 square metre property known as the Old Caribbean Feeder Services lands on waterfront.

"It will be a modern facility, comparable to what is found in the United States, to meet international standards. For example, the height will be above 10 metres so you can do racking of up to six racks," said PAJ vice-president for business development , Edmond Marsh.

"There will be wide spaces. These are what clients are looking for. It will also be environmentally friendly. It will be comparable to any warehouse you can find in Florida, Panama or Costa Rica," he said Tuesday.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/b...logistics-park

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CMU Trains 30 Under-30 For Shipping Jobs Overseas

The future is bright for nearly three dozen young people under the age of 30 who have been trained and certified as multipurpose ratings for the international shipping job market. The group graduated on Friday, July 27, 2018, after three months of rigorous training at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) and are already being placed in jobs at an international shipping company - one of the world's largest carriers of fuel and chemicals in both their liquefied and gaseous states - EXMAR.

For decades, the CMU (previously Jamaica Maritime Institute, the Caribbean Maritime Institute) has certified hundreds of officers, management level merchant mariners, and able-bodied seamen through its Faculty of Marine and Nautical Studies (FMNS). Now it is engaging its Faculty of Advanced Skills and Professional Development to reach unattached youth and is partnering with shipping lines to ensure that opportunities at sea are made available to these young people, who will take up jobs at other levels in the industry.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/s...-jobs-overseas

[Sir X]

Very good news,the JLP needs another term to force the PNP to get rid of their dinasour leadership and of course prove it's policies can work and isn't just lip service.