Tristar Port has invested more than $100m on infrastructure that the state has not provided, and plans a further $150m within two years, chief executive Cristobal Schlaubitz told TOC Americas in Cartagena.
From Guyana’s oil-fuelled growth to St Maarten’s tourism economy, panellists from CARICOM, Puerto Bahía and Port of Guyana set out what the Great Caribbean most needs to work as one market.
Port and CARICOM leaders at TOC Americas 2026 in Cartagena assessed capital, congestion and human capital challenges facing the Great Caribbean’s ports, carriers and island communities.
Ocean transport carries about 90% of the region's imports and almost 78% of its food, while the Caribbean's Maritime Connectivity Index has fallen over the past 15 years, CARICOM's Curtis said.