Title: KINGSTON WHARVES LTD' The Gateway to the Caribbean
1KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
2KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the Caribbean
is one of the leading multipurpose terminals in
the Caribbean archipelago winner of the
Caribbean Shipping Association Multipurpose Port
of the Year Award for 2006 A
privately owned company highly experienced in
the business of terminal logistics services.
Terminal owner operator for (62years)
3KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the Caribbean
Shipping Lines Caribbean Connections
Partnership with two of the major shipping lines
serving the Caribbean Basin
- Sea Freight Shipping Line
- Weekly service Jacksonville/Port Everglades
- Kingston with connections to
- Aruba
- Barbados
- Bonaire
- Curacao
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Margarita
- Suriname
- Venezuela
4KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
Shipping Lines Caribbean Connections
- Seaboard Marine Corporation
- Weekly service from Miami Kingston with
connections - Antigua
- Barbados
- Dominica Republic
- Grand Cayman
- Haiti
- Trinidad Tobago
5KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
- Jamaica
- Active private sector partner with all major
government initiatives on international - trade transport inclusive of the Jamaica
Customs Department the Free Zone - Council
- Member of the Shipping Association of Jamaica
- Close working relationship with the private
sector entities involved in international - trade e.g. Chamber of Commerce, Jamaica
Manufactures Association Jamaica - Exporters Association
- Close collaboration with the Port Authority of
Jamaica the Maritime Authority of - Jamaica
- With Rest of the Region
- Active member of the Caribbean Shipping
Association - Private Sector participant with the various
trade initiatives of the Caribbean Regional - Negotiating Machinery CARICOM
- Active supporter of the Caribbean Maritime
Institute -
Other Caribbean Connections
6KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
- The Wharves operate twenty four hours per day,
three hundred sixty five - days per year
- Services provided by the highly trained
English speaking team include - Berthing of vessels
- Receiving Delivery of cargo
- Stripping Stuffing of containers
- Warehousing
- Stevedoring
- Reefer management
- Logistics facility
- Customs relations management
- Electronic commerce
- Port Security
- Cold Storage
7KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
- Our facilities consist of
- 1600 meters of continuous quay
- 9 berths for ro/ro, lo/lo, containers, general
break bulk bulk shipping services, - draft of .8-9.7 meters which is currently
being deepened at berths 8-9 to 15.3 - meters
- Open storage 22 hectares
- Off the dock CFS/Warehouse 30,000 sq. meters
- Off the dock storage 53,000 square meters for
the storage of motor vehicles - 130 reefer plugs
- An additional 7.8 hectares for logistics
business approximately 2 km from the port
8KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
- Equipment supporting systems include
- Gottwald Cranes 3
- Stackers 7
- Empty Handlers 2
- Top loaders 2
- Yard Forklift (30tons) 4
- Warehouse Forklift (15 tons) 4
- Mule Trucks 12
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- Tide work yard management
- Remote viewing of operators screen
- KWL is also ISPS certified has at
- its disposal X-ray machinery ROV
- equipment
9KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the
Caribbean
- Volumes Handled
- Kingston Wharves has been experiencing
significant growth since 2003 handled - 2 million tons in 2006
- Containerized tonnage is the area of greatest
growth - Container Moves 2005-2006 Projections 2007
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10KINGSTON WHARVES LTD.The Gateway to the Caribbean
- Strategic Direction Developmental Plan
- Main area of the strategic focus in the short to
medium run is that of attracting new - shipping lines in particular containerized
transshipment redevelop exiting - property commencing with berths 8-9 so that they
can accommodate very - large container vessels
- Other areas include
- Removal of warehouses from the terminal so as to
enlarge the container yard - Acquisition of more land so as to have a
dedicated facilities for motor units - in particular transshipment
- Creation of a new warehouse complex to
accommodate logistics operations