San Juan Cruise Port (SJCP) introduced the appointment of Clarivette Díaz as its new normal supervisor, efficient November, in accordance with a press launch.
The announcement was made by Jan Fomferra, president of San Juan Cruise Port (SJCP) and chief monetary officer of International Ports Holding (GPH), throughout a ceremony at San Juan Cruise Port, led by Puerto Rico Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi. The occasion marked the launch of the primary part of SJCP’s $425 million Capital Enchancment Program, geared toward repairing, modernizing and increasing the port’s infrastructure. Over the subsequent two years, initiatives will embrace the rehabilitation of Pan American Piers I and II, repairs to Pier 4 and the reconditioning of the walkway between Piers 1 and 4.
Díaz, a Puerto Rican native with in depth expertise within the maritime trade, will lead SJCP, the native subsidiary of GPH, which has operated the San Juan cruise piers since February below a Public-Non-public Partnership Settlement with the Authorities of Puerto Rico.
Fomferra mentioned: “We’re very enthusiastic about what we now have achieved in Puerto Rico over the past seven years, from our preliminary unsolicited proposal to rework and modernize San Juan’s iconic cruise ship piers, to our participation within the Authorities’s aggressive P3 course of, to being awarded the concession, to finishing the monetary closing final February and all of the allowing this summer season…now we lastly get to begin building to propel the San Juan Cruise Port to the subsequent degree. It has been a particularly rewarding course of. Now we’re delighted so as to add Clarivette to our workforce. Her expertise and professionalism in Puerto Rico’s maritime transportation sector may be very well-known and we’re positive that she will probably be a superb chief to propel ahead our agenda of constructing San Juan a world-class cruise port for the good thing about all Puerto Ricans.
“We might additionally prefer to thank Susana Gutiérrez for her in depth assist throughout our seek for a brand new normal supervisor. Susana’s efforts, together with these of the remainder of the workforce, have been important in guaranteeing the continuity of labor as we approached the launch of the development initiatives we’re asserting right now.”
Mike Maura, Jr., regional director of GPH Americas, added: “Clarivette embodies every thing we have been on the lookout for in a pacesetter for SJCP. Her sturdy management background, maritime experience, and trade ties will energize our efforts to place San Juan as a future-focused port. We imagine that we want a Puerto Rican champion on the helm to maximise the true potential of SJCP, and Clarivette Diaz is that champion.”
“I’m extremely happy to hitch the San Juan Cruise Port workforce and sit up for using my deep understanding of the island’s distinctive dynamics to reinforce the event of this venture,” mentioned Diaz. “As a Puerto Rican, I acknowledge the vital function that cruise tourism performs within the native economic system and sit up for selling and preserving our native cultural heritage right here. I’ll be certain that we keep our dedication to work intently with native corporations, fostering long-term partnerships that strengthen the island’s economic system, promote native expertise, and be certain that each our enterprise and the cruise trade thrive in a method that advantages all the neighborhood.”