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Strengthening InterIsland Shipping and Logistics in the Pacific Island Countries Palau Country Report 23 – 25 July Suva, Fiji

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Page 1: Country presentation Palau · DOMESTIC SHIPPING • Over 600 small crafts (vessels measuring under 19.8 meters) provide transportation services throughout Palau. •Some carry passengers

Strengthening Inter‐Island Shipping and Logisticsin the Pacific Island Countries

PalauCountry Report

23 – 25 JulySuva, Fiji

Page 2: Country presentation Palau · DOMESTIC SHIPPING • Over 600 small crafts (vessels measuring under 19.8 meters) provide transportation services throughout Palau. •Some carry passengers

DOMESTIC SHIPPING

• Over  600  small  crafts  (vessels measuring  under    19.8  meters) provide  transportation  services throughout Palau.•Some  carry  passengers  on  a commercial basis.•Others carry cargo and passengers on a non‐commercial basis.

•Two  cargo‐passenger  vessels  that provide services between the island of Koror and Peliliu and Angaur.  

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Domestic Ports

Palau has  about  30 docks  and marinas  that  are used by  small boats.  Ten of these are located in the main commercial district of Koror.  The others are evenly distributed  throughout the  other states.

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Port InfrastructuresPalau  has  two  international  port  facilities  and  two  anchorage  areas  for international  shipping.    Last  year  there  were  75  cargo  ship  calls  and  16 tanker calls into Palau main commercial port. 

Palau off‐loads the average of 2,572 TEUs each year.

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Page 5: Country presentation Palau · DOMESTIC SHIPPING • Over 600 small crafts (vessels measuring under 19.8 meters) provide transportation services throughout Palau. •Some carry passengers

Inernational Shipping Service Network

Shipping services are governed by the Micronesian Shipping Commission.  Routes are generally divided according to point of origin of cargo to ports in each of the participating governments, namely Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia.  Routes which include Palau are as follows:

US West Coast to Palau and Yap;Philippines to Palau and Yap;Asia to Palau and Yap;Australia/New Zealand to Palau and Yap;; andHonolulu to Palau and Yap.Guam to Palau MSC Meeting (October 2009)

Page 6: Country presentation Palau · DOMESTIC SHIPPING • Over 600 small crafts (vessels measuring under 19.8 meters) provide transportation services throughout Palau. •Some carry passengers

Challenges in strengthening interisland shipping in the sub‐region

•Current port infrastructures cannot accommodate cargo vessels that have a draft in excess of 8.2 meters.  This limits the sizes of ships that can call into  port and increases shipping costs. 

•The port facility also has limited container area and cannot accommodate future increase in the number of containers as volume  of cargo grows.

Solutions to overcome those challenges

•To address high cost of shipping due to the inherent nature of one‐way trade, we are looking at building our export capacity to address the issue of import‐export imbalance.

•To address port infrastructure  limitations, we are working with the SPC Economic Development Division to develop a strategy to improve our port capacity. 

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Thank You!