CARIBBEAN TODAY O n R "G ^ aiend^ o.4 ~ A Caribbean Today feature Caribbean Increased use of mega con- tainerships in trans-ocean trades is forcing the develop- ment and use of large transship- ment hubs serving as container distribution and collection cen- ters for large trading areas. The Caribbn, n though small in population and econom- ic activities except for tourism, constitutes a major crossroads for international trade. This is not only because of its proximity to the Panama Canal, but also as a major focal point for north/south Atlantic trades and trades with the east and north- ern coasts of South America. The major problem for lines serving Northern and Eastern South American coun- tries are the lengths of their coastlines and the resulting huge inter-port distances, com- bined with significant but not transshipment emerges large container trades, mostly delivery of cargo, reduce in foreign trades. This makes it transit inventory, and make the difficult to justify direct ship- total origin-to-destination ping by large containerships. movement of containerized Similarly, the large distances cargo more seamless. to their principal trading partner In other words, the pur- ports make the use of smaller, pose is not just to reduce ori- less efficient container ships gin-to-destination transport unattractive. This has led to the and handling or transfer costs, development of transshipment but to make the whole supply ports in the Caribbean designed chain, including all involved to serve South America and the transactions, more efficient and Gulf of Mexico. more responsive to the ever- changing market place. OBJECTIVES Transshipment also offers The objectives of trans- opportunities for cargo consoli- shipment are not only to dation or deconsolidation and reduce the total cost of collect- value added activities such as ing and/or distributing the con- assembly, calibration, and cus- tainers carried by a mega- tomizing to meet specific local mainline container vessel from or time varying demands. To and to numerous origin and make transshipment attractive destination ports, each of the economic and operational which only contributes a part benefits must outweigh added of the mainline vessel cargo, economic and operational costs but also to improve just-in-time such as additional handling LOVEBIRD'S 25-YEAR AFFAIR Photograph by Derrick A. Scott Sue Rosen, left, Air Jamaica's senior vice president of customer service, accepts a proclamation from Maryland's Secretary of Transport John Porcari, on behalf of the U.S. state's Governor Martin O'Malley, in recognition of Air Jamaica's 25 years of service to Baltimore Washington International Airport. Sharing in the presentation are, from right, Basil Smith, Jamaica's director of tourism; Will Rodgers, recently retired vice president of Air Jamaica; Sharon Miller, deputy chief of missions, Embassy of Jamaica; and George deMercado, the airline's vice president of sales. The presentation was held recently at the Baltimore Hyatt Hotel. Over the last 25 years the airline claimed it has carried more than a million passengers into Jamaica from the airport while maintaining an average load factor of over 79 percent. Air Jamaica began service out of the airport on Feb. 16, 1982. 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