PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - Ua hui ka Hui o nā Moku'āina Caribbean (ACS) ma o kāna Luna Hoʻokele o Transport i ka 24th Meeting o ke Kōmike Kūikawā no ka Transport ma ʻOkakopa 16, 2015 ma ka ACS Secretariat ma Port of Spain.
Na ka Mea Hanohano Fitzgerald Hinds, MP, Kuhina o na Hana a me ka Transport o Trinidad a me Tobago i haawi mai i na olelo hoolauna ma ka aoao o kona Aupuni, a ua hoohiki e hooikaika i na hana maikai e hoomau i ka holomua o ke Komite Kuikawa o ka Transport.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Engineer Pedro Suarez Reyes e hōʻike ana iā Cuba ma ke ʻano he luna o ke Kōmike Kūikawā no ka Transport, ʻoiai nā pilikia i loaʻa i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻohui i ka Caribbean Nui ma ka lewa a me ke kai, ke hoʻomau nei ka manaʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻāina. Hōʻike ʻia kēia e nā hana ACS e like me: ka Air and Transport Agreement, the Port and Maritime Strategy and the Maps of Maritime Routes of the Greater Caribbean.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Mea Hanohano Alfonso Múnera, Kakauolelo Nui o ka ACS ma kāna mau ʻōlelo, ke kamaʻilio nei ka ACS i kēia manawa me Avianca, Taca Airlines a me Caribbean Airlines Limited me ka manaʻo e ʻimi i nā mea e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i ka pilina o ka ea a puni ka Greater Caribbean Region. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hoʻokō ka ACS Air Services Agreement i nā hālāwai e pili ana i ka pilina o ka ea ma waena o nā mokulele mai nā ʻāina like ʻole o ka ʻāina. Ke hoʻokō ʻia ka pilina, e ʻike ka Greater Caribbean Region i kona mana piha ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu.
Ua ʻōlelo hou aku ʻo Ambassador Múnera ʻaʻole pono e haʻalele ʻia ke kumuhana o ka lawe ʻana i ka moana a pono e kau ʻia ke koʻikoʻi i ka lanakila ʻana i nā pilikia a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ke kamaʻilio e hāpai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma kēia wahi.
Ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hōʻike a ka Luna Hoʻokele, ua hōʻike ʻo Mr. George Nicholson ACS Luna Hoʻokele o Transport a me Disaster Risk Reduction i kahi mea hou e pili ana i nā hana i hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, nā papahana e hoʻomau nei, nā hana hou a me nā hoʻoikaika like ʻana i kēia manawa. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Luna Hoʻokele Nicolson i ka Papahana Hana Hoʻokele 2016-2017.
E like me ka mea i kikoʻī ʻia e kēia hōʻike, ua hana ʻia nā holomua koʻikoʻi ma kēia mau hana: ka Port and Maritime Strategy and the Hydrographic Risk Assessment for the Greater Caribbean. Ke ʻimi nei ka mea mua e hoʻokō i nā pono kalepa ʻē aʻe o ka Caribbean Nui e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke awa moana, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka Canal Panama aʻo ka mea hope e manaʻo e hoʻomohala i kahi ʻano loiloi pilikia e ʻike ai i nā wahi koʻikoʻi e pono ai nā noiʻi hydrographic.
Ua hōʻike hou aku ka Luna Hoʻokele i ka Phase 4 o nā palapala ʻāina o nā ala moana o ka Caribbean Nui i kēia manawa a e hoʻomau ʻia e hoʻokō pono iā ia iho i ka biennium e hiki mai ana. Hōʻike ka palapala ʻāina pūnaewele i ka hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi, ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, nā awa kelepona, nā ʻelele o kēlā me kēia ʻāina, ka hiki o nā ʻauwaʻa, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lawelawe kūikawā e like me nā pahu pahu hau. Hiki i kēia palapala 'āina ke 'ike i nā mea ho'opuka, nā mea lawe mai, nā mea kū'ai aku a me nā mea kū'ai mai, ma ke ao holo'oko'a a me ka 'āina e 'ike i ka wā, pehea, ma o nā mea hana a ma lalo o nā kūlana e hiki ai ke lawe i kā lākou waiwai.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka hālāwai, ʻo ia ke kau inoa ʻana i ka Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ma waena o ka Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC) a me ka ACS. Ke manaʻo nei kēia MOU e paipai i ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o kēia mau ʻoihana ʻelua e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hiki ma waena o nā awa o ka Greater Caribbean Region.
Ua hoʻokipa ka hui i nā poʻe komo mai ka lālā ACS, lālā hoa a me nā ʻāina Observer. ʻO nā ʻelele mai nā hui honua a me nā ʻoihana e like me ka Suriname Ports Management Company, ka Port Managers Association of the Caribbean (PMAC), ke Kulanui o West Indies (UWI), ka Commission Economic of Latin America a me ka Caribbean (ECLAC), ka Civil Aviation Institute of Cuba, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean Development Bank, the Maritime Safety, Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) o Guyana, a me ka Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID).
ʻO ka Association of Caribbean States ka hui no ke kūkākūkā, ka hui ʻana a me ka hana i hui pū ʻia ma ke kālepa, ka lawe ʻana, ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau a me nā pōʻino kūlohelohe i ka Greater Caribbean. ʻO kona mau lālā ʻo Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago a me Venezuela. ʻO kona mau lālā hui ʻo Aruba, Curacao, Farani ma ka inoa o (French Guiana, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Sint Maarten a me Netherlands ma ka inoa o (Bonaire, Saba, a me Sint Eustatius).
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Representatives from international organizations and institutions such as the Suriname Ports Management Company, the Port Managers Association of the Caribbean (PMAC), the University of the West Indies (UWI), the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Civil Aviation Institute of Cuba, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean Development Bank, the Maritime Safety, Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) of Guyana, and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID).
- Engineer Pedro Suarez Reyes representing Cuba in its capacity as Chair of the Special Committee for Transport stated that despite the challenges encountered in the efforts to unite the Greater Caribbean by air and sea, there continues to be motivation to improve transport in the region.
- The former seeks to meet the foreign trade needs of the Greater Caribbean regarding maritime-port development, taking into account the expansion of the Panama Canal while the latter intends to develop a risk assessment method which identifies the critical areas in need of hydrographic surveys.
