Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Ministry is working closely with the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), to ensure that Jamaicans can be trained in black-box analysis and traffic crash investigation by June 2018. This, he said, will give stakeholders, such as insurance companies, private- and public-sector investigators and vehicle fleet managers a better understanding of the...

Jamaica is among 10 countries that have been selected to participate in the Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships (GloMEEP) Project, which aims to support the implementation of energy-efficiency measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. The others are Argentina, China, Georgia, India, Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Philippines and South Africa. They will serve as lead pilot countries for implementing legal,...

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is reporting that the recent International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Caribbean Bunker Conference was a success. Director General of the MAJ, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady, told JIS News that the organisation is pleased with the conference’s outcome, “not only because we had a robust attendance but also because it provided the opportunity for...

The Government has initiated safeguards to protect Jamaica’s interests in light United States (US)-imposed sanctions on Russian aluminium company, UC RUSAL, which operates West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco) in St. Catherine. These interventions include a meeting between Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Robert Montague, and the company’s Country Manager to communicate the Administration’s position and ascertain UC RUSAL’s plans for...

Mr. Speaker, the Members of this Honourable House are aware that the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added, amongst others, seven Russian oligarchs and twelve companies they own or control, to its Designated Nationals List (the OFAC Sanctions). Mr. Oleg Deripaska, the single largest shareholder in UC RUSAL, which is the parent company of...

Within the next 18 months, a floating dry dock is to be established in Jamaica to improve the country’s competitiveness in providing wide-ranging ancillary services to ships traversing the east/west and north/south international shipping lanes. This was disclosed by Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady, in an interview with JIS News during...

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague says the government is to aggressively pursue the development of Jamaica’s bunkering industry. This, he said, will be done through the facilitation of investment and ensuring that the necessary administrative and regulatory framework are in place. Minister Montague was addressing the gala dinner of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) Caribbean Conference...