Caribbean Shipping Association Elects Carlos Urriola President

Published Jan 17, 2011 1:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) unanimously re-elected Carlos Urriola Tam of Panama for a second consecutive term as President. Grantley Stephenson of Jamaica was also re-elected Vice President.

Elections took place on, October 11, the first day of the CSA’s 40th Annual General Meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The meeting and conference, hosted by the Shipping Association of Jamaica, ends on Wednesday October 13.

The leadership of three of the constituent groups of the CSA were also returned to serve one more year on the Association’s General Council. Group A includes Ship Agents and private stevedores; Group B includes port and terminal operators; and, Group C includes ship owners and operators.

The recently instituted Group D, comprising non-vessel operators and ocean transport intermediaries, met and elected its first chairman. John Abisch was elected by the new group as its representative on General Council.

The members of the CSA’s General Council for the coming, 2010-2011, are:
Carlos Urriola, President
Grantley Stephenson, Vice President
Fernando Rivera, Immediate Past President
Michael Bernard, Group A chairman
Rhett Chee Ping, Group A
Roger Hinds, Group A
Glyne St. Hill, Group A
David Jean-Marie, Group B chairman
Linda Profijt-del Prado, Group B
Cyril Seyjagat, Group C chairman
David Ross, Group C
John Abisch, Group D
Clive Forbes, CSA General Manager

Over 300 participants from several Caribbean and Latin American countries are attending the conference where Jamaica’s transport minister, Michael Henry gave the keynote address.