Topic: Caribbean Marine Services
‘We will be out of the business’
When the first cruise ship started calling on Grand Cayman in the 1970s, it used its lifeboats to bring passengers ashore. It was around that time that two young Caymanians built the island’s first tender boats.
Tendering from ship to shore at George Town Harbour
At terminals that use tender boats, like Grand Cayman or Belize, cruise lines tend to prefer local vessels over their own, often smaller boats. In Cayman, the local boats are operated, in large part, by Caribbean Marine Services.
Briggs: I donated to save reefs, not the tender business
Though Adrien Briggs of Caribbean Marine Services acknowledges he has donated some money, both he and business partner Attlee Bodden deny ploughing substantial funds into the anti-dock movement.
Cruise ships skip Cayman amid rough conditions
There were no cruise ships in port Thursday after all four captains decided conditions were too rough to moor in George Town harbor.
Tourism Association elects new president, Board
The Cayman Islands Tourism Association has elected Theresa Leacock-Broderick as its new president. Ms. Leacock-Broderick, who previously served as vice president, succeeds Kenneth Hydes of Dart Real Estate.
Two boats towed in harbor in high seas
One boat ran aground and another half sank in choppy waters, but both were rescued by tenders from Caribbean Marine Services, which moved between 10,000 and 12,000 cruise passengers through the stormy harbor on Wednesday.
