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Bay Street is taken 'back to Ground Zero'
February 14, 2011
Bay Street is taken 'back to Ground Zero'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
The fire that yesterday devastated an entire block takes Bay Street "back to Ground Zero", the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation's (BCCEC) chairman told Tribune Business, describing it as a "setback" to both the downtown Nassau revitalisation efforts and economic recovery.
Khaalis Rolle said the blaze that took out the Betty K shipp...
September 01, 2010
Letter: Government should step in to save truckers' business
EDITOR, The Tribune.
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company, better known as MSC, has now taken the ill-advised decision, effective 20th September 2010, to commence delivering, within Bahamian territory, all those containers arriving by their shipping line for and on behalf of clients within the Commonwealth.
This back-firing, ill-advised and not so smart, corporate, decision will mean the demise of mos...
September 16, 2010
Local truckers banding together to fight MSC's proposed changes
By GENEA NOEL
FN Senior Reporter
genea@nasguard.com
Freeport,Grand Bahama-Local independent truck drivers have banded together against a policy of the Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC)that will control the movement of containers in and out of the Freeport Container Port and increase fees.
A notice was sent to local merchants, shipping agents and brokers informing them that effective Monday, Sep...
September 16, 2010
Truckers fear MSC move will putfinal nail in coffinof businesses
By INDERIA SAUNDERS
Guardianâ Business Reporter
inderia@nasguard.com
Truckers in Grand Bahama are protesting what they claim will be the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment if the Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC)goes ahead with a plan to control movement in and out of the Port area.
Set to launch today on that island, the deal has spurred around a dozen of independent...
September 16, 2010
Truckers fear MSC move will put final nail in coffinof businesses
By INDERIA SAUNDERS
Guardian Business Reporter
inderia@nasguard.com
Truckers in Grand Bahama are protesting what they claim will be the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in investment if the Mediterranean Shipping Company(MSC)goes ahead with a plan to control movement in and out of the Port area.
Set to launch today on that island, the deal has spurred around a dozen of independent truckers...
MSC truck plan 'misunderstood'
September 21, 2010
MSC truck plan 'misunderstood'
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - The new trucking policy implemented on Monday by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) may have been "misunderstood" by some truckers who feared the company was attempting to impose a monopoly.
Last week, several independent truckers and members of the opposition expressed concern over a notice sent by MSC to merch...
September 22, 2010
Chamber chief: MSC's 146 per cent fee rise 'certainly not acceptable'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Mediterranean Shipping Company's (MSC) move to increase container delivery charges by 145.8 per cent was yesterday slammed as "certainly not acceptable" by the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce's president, given that the business community and consumers could "ill afford" such a burden in the current economic climate.
Urging MSC and the island's trucking...
October 26, 2010
Remarks by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham At the Reception
I am very happy for the opportunity to be present at celebrations marking the opening of the newest Bahamas Maritime Authority Office. This is our third overseas office, the others being located in London and in New York City. We are now pleased to have offices on three continents.
PM "swift intervention" reverses decision to lay off 20 Bahamian workers at Freeport Container Port
January 05, 2023
PM "swift intervention" reverses decision to lay off 20 Bahamian workers at Freeport Container Port
THE decision to lay off 20 Bahamian workers at the Freeport Container Port has been reversed following the "swift intervention" of Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis, according to an official statement by the Ministry for Grand Bahama.
MSC donates food supplies to help feed Grand Bahama
September 29, 2020
MSC donates food supplies to help feed Grand Bahama
A Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessel arrived at Freeport Harbour on Monday afternoon with a donation of food supplies to the National Food Task Force for distribution on Grand Bahama...
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