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Despite the difficulties and disappointments of 2024, largely due to circumstances beyond its control, the Grand Port Maritime de la Martinique (GPMLM) closed the year in triumph.Two major accomplishments stood out: the rehabilitation of the Bassin de Radoub shipyard after three years of inactivity, and the launch of the Hub Antilles project, which is set to transform the port into a sustainable logistics hub.
Read more: Martinique: Several ‘flagship’ initiatives planned for 2025
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What were SSL’s main successes in 2024?
• Terminal operating license – Stevedoring Services Limited (SSL) successfully secured a six-year extension to the Terminal Operators License with the local Municipality that owns the land. This will ensure SSL remains at the Hamilton Port until 2032. This extension also provides a level of comfort to the parent company (Polaris Holding Company Ltd) that any longer-term investments in equipment should yield the returns.
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Ten years before Professor Andrew Spencer walked onto the campus of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), his Ph.D. thesis on tourism strategy, completed at the School of Tourism at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom, earned formal recognition from the Institute for Travel and Tourism Education and Training Committee (ITT). The ITT named the Jamaican academic its 2011/2012 Ph.D. Student of the Year.