October 17, 2016:-
‘The shipping industry is quite extraordinary. It provides a significant level of employment, generates foreign exchange and contributes to the gross domestic product of almost every country’,
said Senator the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry during the Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition on Monday 17 October, 2016 . Minister Gopee-Scoon noted the importance of the industry to business stating
‘the industry connects countries, markets and businesses and facilitates the efficient movement of goods on an ever-increasing scale. For us in the Caribbean, sea connectivity remains crucial for our multiple island states whose economic development pivots on the efficient, reliable sea lines to facilitate the movement of goods, people and services’.
