Vernmanfield Project

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right) tours the construction site of the new US$330 million Jamaica Public Service (JPS) 190 megawatt (MW) power plant being built in Old Habour Bay, St. Catherine. Accompanying the Minister on the tour (from left) are: JPS President and Chief Executive Officer, Emanuel DaRosa, steel fixer, Kennado Foster, and Works Manager, Jerome Williams

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January 28, 2019

• The first phase of the US$2.5-billion Vernamfield development project in Clarendon, dubbed ‘Aerotropolis Jamaica’, commenced in October.

• Logistics operations commenced on land leased at the Tinson Pen Aerodrome by Kingston Wharves Limited (KWL).

• Additionally, KWL launched its new 160,000-square-foot Total Logistics Centre, with all of the space already taken up.

• The Port Authority of Jamaica commenced construction of a modern 200,000-square-foot logistics facility immediately adjacent to Kingston Free Port Terminal Limited.