The second project meeting started on Monday 5th July in Trinidad at the University of the West Indies at St Augustine Campus. All project partners from Germany, Fiji, Mauritius and Barbados took part at this meeting and discussed the workpackages, the workplan and of course the first results.

The results of the surveys about research and innovation needs and the staff trainings needs in the Caribbean, Fiji and Mauritius were high on the agenda.

On Thursday 8 July we had the field trip organized by our colleagues from The University of the West Indies.

We went by minibus to Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Corporation Limited at the West coast of Trinidad.

The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago is blessed with abundant reserves of natural gas, the exploitation of which led to the creation of the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and PLIPDECO over 40 years ago. Today, the Estate consists of 860 hectares housing over 95 tenants – world class methanol, urea and ammonia plants, three steel plants, a power plant, and smaller light manufacturing and service companies. The Port of Point Lisas includes specialized terminals for the safe and efficient loading of these products as well as six berths for the handling of containerized and general cargo. The port now hosts an average of 160 vessel calls per month.