{"id":26943,"date":"2025-03-17T19:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26943"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:34:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:34:49","slug":"historic-collaboration-in-shipping-industry-aims-to-modernize-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/historic-collaboration-in-shipping-industry-aims-to-modernize-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Collaboration in Shipping Industry Aims to Modernize Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><br><em>February 14, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After more than three decades of competition, two major shipping companies, John Fernandes Ltd. and Muneshwers Ltd., have joined forces to create Cranes Guyana, a joint cargo and freight company aimed at modernizing port operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly formed company commissioned two mobile harbour cranes, Atlas and Hercules, during a ceremony on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This $14 million investment, financed with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is expected to enhance port efficiency and safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the addition of these cranes, vessels without onboard cranes will now be able to receive services, significantly reducing turnaround time and bolstering Guyana\u2019s shipping sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip Fernandes, CEO of John Fernandes Ltd., reflected on the significance of this collaboration, acknowledging that the time had come for the two companies to come together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Muneshwer, Executive Director of Muneshwers Ltd., highlighted the broader importance of this partnership for the shipping community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali commended the move, calling it a model example of private-sector collaboration and urging other businesses to follow suit in fostering economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Guyana is also working with Cranes Guyana to establish a national port while addressing challenges such as waterfront land shortages and vessel size restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia WarrickFebruary 14, 2025 After more than three decades of competition, two major shipping companies, John Fernandes Ltd. and Muneshwers Ltd., have joined forces to create Cranes Guyana, a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26944,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26943\/revisions\/26944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}