The discussion about the logistics hub has been characterized, in the main, by too much misinformation and disinformation. This is unfortunate because it runs the risk of damaging potential, damaging a tremendous opportunity and we can talk ourselves into gridlock over this opportunity

Sustainable development rests on three pillars: Social sustainability, economic sustainability and environmental sustainability. The three have to be balanced. My focus in this paper is on the economic aspects of the Jamaica Logistics Hub

The more we learn the more questions we still have. I sense an underlying fear in many peoples' minds that the logistic hub project will perpetuate a historical pattern of foreign investment in export activity that is unfriendly to the environment and does not benefit the ordinary Jamaican.

The Goat Islands are two near-shore limestone areas, part of the Hellshire geological feature. Great Goat Island is approximately 96 metres high and Little Goat Island is 27 metres. China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has identified the area as the site to construct port facilities as part of the Logistics Hub Project. Gordon Shirley explains why the site was chosen. Conrad Douglas says a port on the Goat Islands can be economically positive for Jamaica. Brandon Hay says the construction would contradict years of development planning and would damage this ecologically sensitive area.

We were asked to conduct a Scoping Study which is really equivalent to what is known in other development projects as an outline design or a preliminary study. At this stage we are simply asking: What is in this area? What has been its historical use? What is its legal status? What can be permitted in respect of what can be done?

Senior officials in the government argue that changes in global manufacturing, trading and shipping – along with the proposed expansion of the Panama Canal to accommodate the new mega- liners – offer a unique opportunity for Jamaica to become a major player in global logistics. The opportunity is strengthened by a Chinese offer to invest some US $1.5 billion in new port and related facilities. They are bullish on the prospects for jobs and growth. Others say history suggests caution in making assumptions about gains to come from foreign direct investment

Jamaica's pre-Olympic Training Camp in the English city of Birmingham offers a template for exploiting transnational business opportunities between Jamaica and the Diaspora.