Port Authority of Jamaica

• Port Authority of Jamaica Orders ARACOR's Eagle Mobile Cargo Inspection System.

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• Business Wire
• August 18, 2003

• Airport Authority to Downsize After Nmia Sale

The Norman Maniey divestment, which is structured to include the domestic aerodromes as sweeteners, will result in Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) being stripped of its management role for Jamaica's airports. We will continue to administer the assets as well as to have oversight over the two master concessions (but), under the public-sector reorganisation project, they are thinking about amalgamating the AAJ with the Port Authority of Jamaica," [Earl Richards] told The Weekly Gleaner.

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• November 24, 2010

• Pensions Paid for Minister's House

PERMANENT SECRETARY in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr Alwyh Hayles, was unable to explain why money from the Port Authority of Jamaica's pension fund was used to purchase a ministerial residence for Transport Minister Mike Henry. More than a week ago, a trustee of one of the country's largest pension schemes told The Weekly Gleaner that, on the face of it, the use of the Port Authority fund's monies appeared to be "most inappropriate". Hayles revealed that the property previously owned by Jamaica Omnibus Service, which was acquired by the Port Authority of Jamaica Pension Fund, would be sold to the Port Authority.

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• October 15, 2009

• Advice for Tough Times, Pm

In that regard, Mr [Bruce Golding], as he started to do in his recent broadcast, must speak to Jamaicans with frankness about the problem, eschewing that desire of politicians to sugar-coat things. He must set the agenda and ensure that everyone stays on message. A communication czar is critical. This, of course, may mean gagging the saccharine-encrusted Edmund Bartlett, the tourism minister, and Audley Shaw, the finance minister. Mr Golding should also realign ministerial portfolios to create a 'war Cabinet' that is tightly focused on the crisis. A small group of ministers should have responsibility to follow up policy implementation. Some should be sent to the backbenches, political consequences notwithstanding. It should seek to divest the Port Authority of Jamaica and the Norman Man...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• September 02, 2009

• House Speaker Comes Under Fire

Last week, Mr. Peart and JLP leader Bruce Golding, squared off as the Government argued its censure motion against North Central St. Andrew MP, Karl Samuda. Government members claim Mr. Samuda misled the House when he said Port Authority of Jamaica chairman Noel Hylton had submitted a report to Cabinet on the controversial Sandals Whitehouse hotel project. Mr. Golding said Parliament's Privileges Committee had no authority to penalise Mr. Samuda, since he was already censured on October 3. Initially, Mr. Peart challenged Mr. Golding's argument that the matter be referred to the House of Representatives for clarification. In the aftermath of the PNP's presidential elections when several incumbents were defeated in internal polls, Mr. Peart stood firm. In June, he beat his former assistan...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• August 12, 2009

• $356m Investment for New Call-Centre Park

The Montego Bay entrepreneur, heir to the former Barnett Estates sugar plantation, who diversified the family business into non-traditional export crops and real estate development, said his Barnett Limited will be forking out $180 million to develop infrastructure for the new offshore business park and has signed up his first client, a company now operating in the Port Authority of Jamaica-managed Montego Free Zone. The firm is expected to buy 11 acres in the development and has a right of first refusal of an additional 7.5 acres. This shows confidence in Jamaica and a shared vision in the Barnett Tech Park and expanding the ICT industry in Montego Bay which is the favoured location," the businessman argued. "We have been advised that a start-up centre is desperately needed where fore...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• September 08, 2009

• Ja Bags Three Top World Travel Awards

JAMAICA TOOK centre stage at the World Travel Awards in London on Sunday, November 13. The island pocketed the coveted Caribbean Cruise Destination, Leading Tourist and Conventions Bureau and the region's Top Airline awards. The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), the Jamaica Tourist Board and the national airline, Air Jamaica, were the proud recipients. The elegant Half Moon Montego Bay was voted both the Caribbean's and Jamaica's Leading Golf Resort, while Sandals Royal Plantation Ocho Rios won Jamaica's Leading Resort and Beaches Negril the Caribbean's Leading Family All-inclusive. The Caribbean which depends heavily on income from tourism also picked up the 'World's Leading Beach' award which went to Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, and Tobago Main Ridge Rain Forest grabbed the 'Worl...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• August 06, 2009

• Cement Cess to Be Reduced

THE PORT Authority of Jamaica has accepted a Cabinet proposal to reduce the US$5 cess on imported cement, clearing the way for players in the industry to import 60,000 tonnes of the product to ease the current shortage affecting the construction sector. Minister of Industry, Commerce and Investments, KaH Samuda (right), listens intently to DL Carlton Davis, Cabinet Secretary, at last week's post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. Mr. Samuda has castigated CCCL for indicating that it would have increased the price of cement by at least six per cent and instead, introduced an 8.5 per cent hike.

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• August 21, 2009

• Port for Sale

The Port Authority of Jamaica has invited tenders to attract the relevant consulting services for work on the privatisation process. Those tenders are being evaluated prior to the selection of an applicant for submission to the National Contracts Commission," Pat Belinfanti, assistant vice-president for public relations, said in response to questions from The Weekly Gleaner. "We have always shared the view that the two entities should be merged and the time has come for it to be given serious consideration," chairman and chief executive officer of Kingston Wharves, Grantley Stephenson told The Weekly Gleaner.

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• September 04, 2009

• Port Authority Pulls Back From Marina Deal

THE PORT Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has shut down negotiations with a United Statesbased outfit, Maritime Development Group (MDG), for the lease of the government's [Errol Flynn] Marina in Portland, without giving reasons for pulling back from a deal that the potential leasees felt was heading towards finalisation. I don't understand it, I really do not," said Jamaican attorney Duane Thomas, who represented MGD in the near yearlong negotiations with the PAJ. MDG officials have questioned whether it was [Rique Ford]'s criticism of the long time it had taken to negotiate a lease and the bureaucratic impediments encountered by the company that led to the PAJ's decision.

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• October 08, 2009