Back at the highest level of the National Port Authority (APN), Jean Evens Charles was installed as the new Director General of the institution on Monday, September 22, 2025. He was placed in his new role by Minister Alfred Fils Metellus during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) offices on Charles Sumner Avenue. Mr. Charles had previously served as Director General of the APN for more than eight years. He had launched reconstruction work on one of the docks destroyed during the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010.

“As regulator and manager of the public port sector, the APN makes port security its top priority. Port operations, from the reception of ships to the delivery of cargo, must be carried out safely. Intermodality must be practiced freely,” declared Jean Evens Charles, calling for the cooperation of all actors in the port sector in order to restore a safe, welcoming, and stable environment where healthy and fair competition can thrive.