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Caribbean Shipping Association Awards Monica Silvera Scholarship

Caption: Michael Weetch, Director, BPI (right), presenting the Barbados plaque to Captain Andrea Catalani (left)
Kingston –- The Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) yesterday presented the Monica Silvera Scholarship to eight Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) students at the Pegasus Jamaica Hotel.  The scholarship, named in honour of the CSA’s first female Executive Vice President, is to fund their studies at the CMI.  
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Bridgetown Port Welcomes Carnival Sunshine

Caption: Michael Weetch, Director, BPI (right), presenting the Barbados plaque to Captain Andrea Catalani (left)
Officials at the Bridgetown Port welcomed the Carnival Sunshine on its inaugural visit to Barbados last Friday.
 
The newly renovated vessel, now the lead ship of the Destiny-class of cruise ships operated by Carnival Cruise Line, previously sailed into Barbados as the Carnival Destiny.
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AIDAmar Makes Inaugural Call

  Aidamar made its inaugural visit to Barbados

Barbados on Saturday welcomed the 13th vessel to make an inaugural call at the Bridgetown Port during this winter season.

The Carnival Corporation German cruise ship, AIDAmar, one of the Sphinx-series vessels, brought 2 680 passengers and 630 crew to the island. 

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"Lucky" Corey Wins Free Motor Vehicle Insurance

Here, Corey Walters, accepts his prize from a beaming Karla Yearwood, CGI’s customer service representative (marketing). 
 
HE HAS BEEN told how “lucky” he is but young Corey Walters never tried his luck at anything until around November, when he entered the CGI Consumer’s Guarantee Insurance Co. Ltd. (CGI) Win Free Insurance Promotion on the social media network, Facebook.
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Bayview Hospital Is Community-focused This Christmas

Bayview Hospital staff coming together for the Bay Primary Christmas party.

Bridgetown – Bayview Hospital has treated Bay Primary School students to a special Christmas party to raise their spirits during this year’s holiday season. This long-running Bayview staff initiative has again been commended by the local community and is just one of the Hospital’s ways of giving something back, especially at Christmas time.

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Luxury Ship Star Pride Starts Cruise Season in Barbados

Luxury ship Star Pride made its maiden voyage to Barbados 
 
Bridgetown, Saturday Nov. 21-- Recently the buzz in the local cruise industry has been about the arrival of mega ships to the Bridgetown Port, however, on Saturday the Windstar ship Star Pride, a smaller boutique brand, made its maiden voyage to Barbados, trumpeting all the virtues of small, quaint and intimate cruising. 
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Royal Caribbean International's Newest And Most Innovative Ship, Anthem of The Seas Makes Its Inaugural Visit to Barbados

Bridgetown, Nov. 16, 2015.  Royal Caribbean International's most innovative ship, Anthem of the Seas, made its inaugural call to the Bridgetown Port on Sunday. The Quantum-class ship, the newest in the impressive Royal Caribbean fleet is on a twelve-day cruise around the Caribbean. Barbados was her second stop since leaving her permanent home, Cape Liberty Cruise Port in New York on November 10. 

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Another Mega Ship, Mein Schiff 3 Makes A Maiden Port Call To Barbados

Bridgetown - The fourth ship to make a maiden voyage to Barbados for the winter season, the   TUI Cruise vessel M/S Mein Schiff 3 is one of the largest expected this year.  The impressive 962ft long vessel required the full length of Berths 3 and 4 on this trip to dock.  On its next trip it will test the ship readiness of the new Berth 5, which came on stream just this month, in preparation for the island hosting two mega ships at once, M/S Mein Schiff 3 and the M/S Britannica.

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Norwegian Getaway Makes Its Inaugural Visit To Barbados

Bridgetown, November 7, 2015 - The cruise ship Norwegian Getaway made its inaugural call to the Bridgetown Port today, the third of sixteen inaugural ships expected this season. Officials of the Ministry of Tourism and International Transport, Barbados Port Inc., and shipping agents, Platinum Port Agency Inc. officially welcomed the new vessel, which was built just last year.  

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