Tag: Shipping
Fiji Customs issue breaches notice to skipper of Russian vessel Amadea
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has issued two infringement notices to the captain of the seized Russian super yacht...
Fiji ‘making mockery of UN’, says Rabuka on Russian ship Amadea
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
Fiji is making a mockery of its stand in the United Nations in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine by allowing...
‘We don’t do Russians,’ says Fiji health minister over super yacht...
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
“We don’t do Russians.” This was the response from Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete when asked about the...
No new NZ covid community cases as Tauranga port workers get...
RNZ News
New Zealand has two new cases of covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine and two historical cases today, says the Ministry of Health...
Covid delta strain reaches PNG via cargo ship from Indonesia
By Godwin Eki in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea has been hit with a positive delta variant case of covid-19 for the first time, Deputy...
Covid-19 cases on board Viking Bay: Agent says NZ officials ‘jumped...
RNZ News
The agent for a ship carrying two covid-19-infected fishermen says New Zealand officials jumped the gun in announcing all its crew would be...
Beach body off Pacific LPG ship throws Vanuatu capital into covid...
The Pacific Newsroom
Vanuatu's capital island of Efate has gone into covid-19 lockdown for three days after a body was found on a beach near...
Ship bound for Brisbane ‘most likely source’ of new NZ covid...
By RNZ News
The Director-General of Health says a ship now bound for Brisbane is believed to be the most likely source of transmission in...
PNG police seize K200,000 on ship in suspected money laundering raid
By Jimmy Kalebe in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have intercepted and confiscated almost K200,000 (about NZ$90,000) in K2 and K5 notes hidden in...
Ruby Princess crew put in virus danger – not protected, says...
Pacific Media Centre
Fears are mounting over the safety of 1040 crew members - many of them from the Philippines - on board the Ruby...
Foreign journalists ban over ferry disaster blamed on climate doco
What if your country was swallowed by the sea? Kiribati (pop. 100,000) is one of the first countries that must confront the main existential dilemma...
PNG trial begins for Rabaul Shipping ferry disaster case
By Sally Pokiton in Kokopo
The owner and managing director of Rabaul Shipping will stand trial at the Kokopo National Court this week -- four...
Tokelau’s new ferry Mataliki slips quietly into Apia port
Tokelau Office
By Jaap Jasperse in Apia
The brand-new Tokelau ferry Mataliki slipped quietly into Apia port this week, awaited by staff of the Tokelau Transport...