News Releases

29 March 2021
People and Technology Must Synergise to Render Port Management Competitive and Efficient
Industry leaders from as far as the Asia-Pacific region to as close as right here at home in the Greater Caribbean, presented and discussed issues on the maritime sector. Throughout the day’s session, the prevailing theme was possibilities and potentialities, as experts exposed the Greater Caribbean’s senior port executives to technologies, mechanisms, processes and tools to adapt to the pandemic’s effect on the sector and to render port management and operations more competitive, robust and efficient to modern-day demands.
25 March 2021
Press Release on the Inaugural Meeting of the ACS Multi-Stakeholder Task Force on COVID-19
The ACS Multi-Stakeholder Task Force on COVID-19 met virtually on 8th March to exchange views on sub-regional and regional efforts and best practices to safeguard public health and economic recovery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
22 March 2021
ACS and DP World to Deliver Maritime Course to Greater Caribbean Professionals
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and DP World Academy, the training center launched last year by DP World's operation in the Dominican Republic, will jointly deliver the second course on Maritime Port Upgrade for Executives of the Greater Caribbean.
10 March 2021
ACS & DP World to Deliver Maritime Course to Greater Caribbean Professionals
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and Dubai Ports (DP) World will jointly deliver the Second Course on Maritime Port Upgrade for Executives of the Greater Caribbean. The two-session course will take place on March 23rd and 31st, 2021, and targets port management staff, logistics operators and policy makers from throughout the Greater Caribbean.
8 March 2021
Caribbean Development Stakeholders Highlight Need for Dynamic Post-COVID Plan
There is a need for a Caribbean-focused, multi-pronged economic and social reactivation plan to emerge from the slump triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 100 participating countries, territories and organisations discussed strategies to jumpstart regional air travel, tourism, trade stimuli, share COVID-19 experiences and foster health diplomacy at the First Multi-Stakeholder Task Force Meeting on COVID-19
1 March 2021
ACS Observers & Donors Set to Discuss Cooperation in First Techincal Meeting
ACS Observers and collaborators set to meet in technical, working meeting to discuss areas of cooperation, financing, strategies.
27 January 2021
EUCLID University & Association of Caribbean States Sign MoU
Both ACS Secretary General Rodolfo Sabonge and Secretary General of Euclid University, Winston Dookeran, expressed their hope that the Memorandum of Understanding will begin a fruitful relationship for the countries of the Greater Caribbean.
8 January 2021
Chile works with ACS on Staff Development
Fourteen staff members of the ACS Secretariat in Port-of-Spain have been immersing themselves in Spanish language in classes, thanks to the support and cooperation of the Government of Chile through its Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago.
1 January 2021
New Year Greetings from the Secretary General
Let us take advantage of lessons learnt and undertake the necessary actions to improve governance and strengthen institutions - our health and education systems and our labour policies; promote innovation and technology and improve our interaction with nature. This is the time to work towards equity and greater transparency and to heal our planet.