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in ‘Stevedoring Operations Level III’ and
‘Essentials of Occupational Safety & Health
Standards for Maritime Port Operations
Level I’ qualifications. This training provid-
ed the participants with critical certification
as supervisors within the shipping industry.
CMI routinely provides such training, but
again, PMAC members benefit from an
established fund that helps offset training
costs, as well as the ongoing series of work-
shops and special presentations conducted
during technical sessions of PMAC’s Annual
General Meeting.
COMMON SOLUTIONS FOR
COMMON CHALLENGES
Having a highly skilled workforce is not the
only common need for PMAC members, as
all are striving to achieve greater efficiencies
to mitigate operational costs. With respect
to those costs, PMAC’s former Chairman
and current Consultant, Everton Walters
CBE, explains that many are misguided
about the nature of port fees in the Carib-
bean. He says the majority of ports exist as
quasi-government entities whose service
costs are not only impacted by fuel and la-
