Tribute to a shipping industry legend

THE GLEANER, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | TRIBUTE TOHARRIAT ‘HARRY’ PERSHADMARAGH F12 Published January 5, 2021 T HE SHIPPING fraternity is grieving the passing of Harriat Pershad Maragh, known affectionately throughout Jamaica and the Caribbean as ‘Harry’ Maragh, a past president of the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) and chairman of Lannaman & Morris Group of Companies. A giant of the shipping industry, Maragh possessed a disarmingly soft-spoken manner that belied the hard-driving businessman who scaled a steep ladder of success in his journey to leadership in the local and regional shipping industry. At the SAJ’s 80th Anniversary Awards Ceremony in 2019, he was presented with a citation that described a life of tremendous contributions. EARLY YEARS This talented cricketer and brilliant Calabar High School graduate interrupted his university education overseas in the early 1970s, upon receiving news of his father’s illness, to return to Jamaica and help support his family. He embarked on a career in shipping that started with R.S. Gamble & Sons, before he moved on to become a validating/traffic clerk with Lannaman & Morris Shipping in 1977. A fast learner and tireless worker, he was promoted to sales representative, sales manager, general manager and managing director within Captain Stefano Battinelli, master of the cruise ship ‘Caribbean Breeze’, presents Harry Maragh, president and CEO of Lannaman and Morris Shipping Limited, with a plaque to commemorate its inaugural visit to Falmouth, during a reception ceremony on board the vessel on December 5, 2012. FILE Shipping fraternity mourns passing of ‘Harry’ Maragh