In order to satisfy the demands of one of the port’s biggest customers CMA CGM, businessman George Pelgrim President of St. Maarten Shipping & Stevedoring (SSS), considered the premier stevedoring services company on the island, has started a program that would ‘Create the Total Port Worker’ in cooperation with the Jamaican based Institute for Industrial Solutions (IIS) led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Trainer Osric Forrest, and Technical Expert/Assessor Radcliffe Spence.
George Pelgrim makes major contribution to St. Maarten’s elderly
The Golden Age Foundation receives a new bus from George Pelgrim
The Home Away from Home Taking Care of the Golden age is the proud recipient of a brand new Bus, courtesy of George Pelgrim and St. Maarten Shipping & Stevedoring. Established in 2003, to provide assistance to seniors and the elderly here on St. Maarten, the foundation has a membership of over 125 members. Membership consists of both active and shut-in members.
With all of it’s members being over the age of 65, The Golden Age Foundation has realized the challenges involved with members getting in and out of public transportation.
20 Stevedores of SSS receive Certification after Completing the ‘Total Port Worker’ Training Program
20 stevedores working for St. Maarten Shipping & Stevedoring NV (SSS) completed six days of training carried out by the Institute for Industrial Solutions (IIS) led by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Trainer Osric Forrest and Technical Expert/Assessor Radcliffe Spence. Lilian Hohl, CMA CGM’s local area representative, presented the certificates in the presence of George Pilgrim, President of St. Maarten Shipping & Stevedoring.