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CSA General Council
meets in Kingston
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to review and determine plans and strategies for 2012
The General Council of the Caribbean Shipping
Association met in Kingston Jamaica for its annual planning session.
Representatives of the four constituent groups of the Association met on Monday
January 23 to review and discuss plans for two major conferences to take place
during calendar year 2012.
The General Council meeting, held at the Spanish Court Hotel, was chaired by CSA
President, Carlos Urriola, now serving his third consecutive term as CSA
President.
The General Council reviewed all plans for
this year’s 11th annual Caribbean Shipping Executives Conference. This
conference will be held in Jacksonville, Florida over three days – May 21, 22
and 23 and will be hosted by the Port of Jacksonville.
The General Council also discussed plans
for the CSA’s 42nd Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition, which will
be held in Puerto Rico in October of this year.
Caribbean Port of
the Year Awards
Suriname, Martinique triumphant
 Marine
terminals in Paramaribo, Suriname and Fort-de-France, Martinique were announced
winners of the Caribbean Shipping Association’s (CSA) Port of the Year awards.
 ◄John
Defares takes home trophy for Suriname.
Martinique wins for the first time.►
The announcement was made at the
CSA’s annual gala banquet, the final event of the 41st Annual General Meeting
Conference and Exhibition, held at the Hilton Barbados hotel. Over 250 shipping industry
leaders from across the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe attended the
three-day conference which was sponsored by the Shipping Association of Barbados
and Barbados Port Inc.
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CSA presents successful conference in
Barbados
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Carlos Urriola returned as President for third consecutive term
 Carlos
Urriola Tam of Panama, the fifteenth President of the Caribbean Shipping
Association, and Vice President Grantley Stephenson of Jamaica were re-elected
unopposed on the first day of the 41st Annual General Meeting, Conference and
Exhibition in Bridgetown, Barbados.
The
three-day event (October 10, 11, 12) was held at the Hilton Barbados Hotel.
Some 250
maritime industry executives from the four language groups of the
Caribbean-Latin American region were in Barbados for the event. Barbados Prime
Minister, Freundel Stewart gave the keynote address at an opening ceremony
highlighted by a colourful parade of flags of CSA member-countries and
organizations, mounted by the Barbados coast guard.
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