From the CSA president, Juan Carlos Croston

Looking forward with hope and confidence

Be proud of yourself, take a deep breath and enter 2021 with hope and confidence.

We look back on 2020 as a year that tested our mettle and we can take heart that we stayed the course.

I thank all members of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) and our partners in shipping and allied industries for your perseverance and exemplary efforts during 2020. We kept connected and united and this was facilitated by our industry’s digital transformation that has been encouraged and assisted by the CSA over the years.

Also, because our communication and reporting were regular and vibrant, we were able to make our voice heard and contribute to action being taken on a number of crucial issues. Included among these were: the safe repatriation of seafarers; appropriate arrangements for crew change, and the need for greater harmonization of laws and regulations to ensure safe movement of vessels, crew, passengers and cargo.

We were also able to host a successful virtual Annual General Meeting in 2020, the year of the CSA’s 50th Anniversary. Your strong support and attendance at our AGM and your participation in our Webinars throughout the year helped to galvanize our organization into a strong force based on our shared vision of an efficient, viable Caribbean and Latin American shipping industry.

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