Juan Carlos Croston is Vice President of the Caribbean Shipping Association’s General Council, the association’s governing body. The Caribbean Shipping Association was established in 1971 to facilitate the development of an efficient and viable Caribbean shipping industry. Mr. Croston is also Vice President Marketing & Corporate Affairs with Manzanillo International Terminal – Panama (MIT-Panama).
Mr. Croston worked onboard Panamax-type vessels. He joined MIT-Panama as a Terminal Planner in 2004, was promoted to the position of Customer Service Manager in 2005, named VP Marketing in January 2008 and serves as VP Marketing & Corporate Affairs since January 2016. Mr. Croston is an active member of the Maritime Chamber of Panama (board of directors’ member since 2011 and president of the board 2014-2015), the Caribbean Shipping Association (General Council’s member since 2012 and current vice-president 2015-2016), and other local and international organizations. He also currently serves as member of the Global MTCC Network’s Global Stakeholder Committee. On July 2014, Mr.

Croston was granted the Distinguished Alumni Award by the International Maritime University of Panama and, on May 2015, was named by Lloyd’s List in their “Next Generation 2015” list of worldwide maritime leaders, the only one from Latin America.

Mr. Croston holds a B.S. degree in Nautical Engineering from the former Nautical School of Panama and a M.Sc. degree in Maritime Affairs from the World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden. He’s extremely happily married and has 4 wonderful children..