In het onlangs gelekte ECOR YS rapport van maart 2012, ‘A sustainable future for Curaçao – Strategy options for Isla and the Isla site’, werd de conclusie getrokken dat een upgrade (modernisatie) van de Isla raffinaderij technisch, commercieel en financieel haalbaar is. De algemene conclusie die uit dit rapport kan worden getrokken, is dat de […]
After many years of endless efforts to improve the organization, the products of CurAloë are finally ready for export and trade on the international market. Commercial director Remco Ernandes is glad that the products of this Curaçao enterprise now meet the international standards required for a successful penetration of foreign markets. These products were submitted […]
Curaçao heeft een rijke historie in de dienstensector. Het mag echter verbazing wekken dat IT-diensten slechts een heel klein gedeelte uitmaken van het BNP – ondanks een snel groeiende mondiale markt en Curaçao’s potentie om Caribisch leider te zijn op dit gebied. TEKST KATY BRANUM Stabiele groeiVolgens de International Data Corporation (IDC) groeide de software […]
Curaçao’s state-owned fuel importing and supplying company,Curoil, looks seriously at the possibility of offering adifferent diesel with lower sulfur for sale on the local market.Currently, Curoil supplies the local market with a so-calledlow sulfur diesel (LSD) with 500 ppm of sulfur. Curoil is now looking into the so-called ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) withonly 50 […]
Volgens de Curaçaose ondernemers is het vertrouwen in de economie licht gegroeid. Dit blijkt uit het economisch onderzoek van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS ), dat is gebaseerd op de eerste zes maanden van 2013. Volgens het CBS gaven minder ondernemers aan dat de economie was verslechterd vergeleken met vorig jaar, met een […]
In this edition, Curaçao Business magazine would like to introduce you to Irving Janga, the man behind the curtain who has many roles at the Chamber and who is integral to maintaining an accurate, up-to-date registry for the business community. TEXT HEATHER DE PAULO A native to Curaçao, after completing his primary education, he went […]
Of u nu al een onderneming heeft, of van plan bent er een te starten, de Kamer van Koophandel Curaçao heeft de tools om u daarbij te helpen. Steven Damiana, manager investeringen en handelspromotie, belicht enkele van de vele diensten die de Kamer biedt.TEKST HEATHER DE PAULO In een notendop: de Kamer van Koophandel Curaçao behartigt […]
Few organizations on Curaçao can claim a history that stretches out more than a century. The Curaçao Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded on October 15, 1884. It may be of no surprise that the Chamber of Commerce underwent several stages in its development, thus going through many ups, and also some downs, before […]
The popularity of Curaçao as a cruise tourism destination has increased significantly in the last decade, with the picturesque image of the Handelskade “liked” the world over. From 2012 to 2014 alone, the number of passengers has seen an increase of 150,000, bringing the number of cruise visitors to approximately 600,000 at the end of […]
In a joint venture by CIFC1, CIFA2 and the STEP3 branch of Curaçao, an international conference titled, “STEP Curaçao Conference,” focusing on providing solutions for HNW clients was held on March 12-13, 2015, at the Santa Barbara Resort. TEXT PRISCILLA LOTMAN The conference was especially geared towards those who have a special interest in financial […]
