Tag: Shipping

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across...

ANALYSIS: By Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland The announcement of a partnership between the New Zealand government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in...

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva In a keynote speech at the annual Pacific Update conference the region's major university, Fiji deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pacific Media Centre Fears are mounting over the safety of 1040 crew members - many of them from the Philippines - on board the Ruby...

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...

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 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...