Logistics Hub

• Major manufacturing and distribution companies with offices and/or warehousing facilities
• Logistics companies handling trade-related deals globally for goods and services will be housed in the logistics hub
• E-commerce, import and export-related activity, financial, free zone and cargo/mail/passenger hub activity
• Intermodal transfers of passengers, cargo and mail and related education and training, plus cargo security activities and intermodal transport and trans-shipment of goods

• Jamaica sits at the doorway of the Panama Canal - at the junction of global trade corridors with regional  trade routes
• Maritime, aviation and telecommunications capabilities which are particularly attractive to investors seeking to enter new markets
• Our natural competitive advantage is being refined around sea-sea, sea-air and air-air connectivity supported by free zones, special economic zones, industrial parks, logistics parks, and technology parks

  The Government is positioning Jamaica as the fourth global logistics connecting point, comparable to Singapore, Dubai and Rotterdam, to help transform Jamaica’s economy and create jobs. The initiative is geared towards achieving continued growth, fitting Jamaica into the global value chain and bringing significant investments to Jamaica. The hub will allow Jamaica to capitalize on increased trade flows through the region as a result of the expansion of the Panama Canal in 2015.

•  Globalization has resulted in major shifts in global trading patterns
•  Growth of new trade centres in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)which is expected to accelerate with the expansion of the Panama Canal, due to be completed in 2015

Integration of Jamaica into the global value and supply chain

•  Integration of Jamaica into the global value and supply chain
•  Transformation of the Jamaican economy
•  Provision of tens of thousands of jobs
•  The development of projects according to highest environmental standards
•  The opportunity for training and development of new careers

A centralized geographical location that brings together the key business operators in logistics, e.g. manufacturers,shipping lines, air cargo companies, third and fourth party logistics providers (e.g. express cargo service providers), and logistics support services. Raw material and unfinished goods are stored, processed, finalized and managed in the logistics hub, closer to final consumers. The Hub also provides a clearing house for data, facilitating digital processing and quality management systems to track and trace shipments.

Every one of us is a consumer, and the products we use – clothing, food, medicines, car parts, building materials etc. – usually originate in different countries. Put simply, logistics is the process by which these goods get to us.