PNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNG Ports)

He is one of three long-serving employees of PNG Ports who retired this month after serving a collective total of 61 years.

Retiring under the company’s Voluntary Retrenchment Program (VRP), the trio expressed gratitude towards PNG Ports for the welfare offered to them and their families, adding they were not only leaving a great organization but a home, with colleagues who became family.

Daniel thanked PNG Ports for the ‘wonderful journey’ as his career spanned two-thirds of his life, with PNG Ports being his first and only employer.

She was appointed by the National Executive Council (NEC) on September 20 and sworn in at the PNG Ports head office yesterday (Tuesday, October 10) before Magistrate Seth Tanei.

She will serve the Board for a period of three years, along with Chairman, Harvey Nii, and fellow directors Joe Holloway, George Gware, Glen Darnley-Stuart and Maxwell Paiya.

The Daru Port in Western Province which will be redeveloped into a ‘Green Port’ will pilot this concept, says Officer In Charge of PNG Ports, Ian Hayden-Smart.

While speaking during the 2023 Developing Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure in the Blue Pacific Conference in Brisbane, last week, Hayden-Smart said this redevelopment would cost about K52 million (USD15mil).

Monica Manau, who has worked with PNG Ports for 43 years, was given the honour of christening PNG Ports’ latest Pilot Boat, named Davage, keeping with the tradition of marine vessels being christened by women.

The christening was done last Friday, 3^rd December. Manau, who is with the Storage team at the Motukea Port, said it was an honour to play a significant role in this milestone event by PNG Ports. She joined PNG Ports, then known as the PNG Harbours Board, on January 1, 1979.

This assurance by PNG Ports comes at a time when the region’s push for self-governance is gaining momentum.

PNG Ports made known during a recent meeting with stakeholders in Buka and Kieta that its presence in Bougainville would remain to enable the flow of goods into the region.

PNG Ports owns and operates the Buka and Kieta ports in Bougainville as part of its community service obligation (CSO).

On August 15 at around 5pm,the KRI Bima Suci sent an emergency distress call which was picked up by the PNG Ports vessel tracking services team.

Managing Director of PNG Ports, Fego Kiniafa said clearance processes were initiated immediately and the vessel was remotely guided through the Basilisk Passage and into safe anchorage within the Fairfax Harbour.

“Distress calls from ships require the most urgent response but our restrictions in place surrounding COVID-19, along with the risk due to the Delta variant, made the situation different,” said Kiniafa.