Nauru International Port
| Nauru International Port | |
|---|---|
Government of Nauru | |
| No. of wharfs | 1 |
| Employees | 60 |
| Statistics | |
| Website https://www.nauruport.com/ | |
The Nauru International Port is a
History
Nauru had planned for a large, maritime port for over a century.[3] To receive supplies, large ships would dock offshore and ferry cargo containers to the 111-year-old Aiwo Boat Harbor in a process that was unsafe, difficult, and inefficient.[4][5]
After the project was greenlighted in September 2019,
By March 2022 the second family moved into a newly constructed house as part of the Red Zone Rehabilitation Project. As part of the scheme, families whose property was encroached upon by the enlargement of the port area were given a house with a construction cost of $64,000 AUD paid for by the Nauruan government. It was anticipated that 250 individuals would receive a new home as part of the program.[9] The $2.3m project addresses safety concerns related to living close to the construction site and the already-unsafe conditions of the structures which were originally built in the early to mid-twentieth century to house Chinese and Caroline Islanders brought to Nauru by the British to work in the phosphate industry.[10] In May of that year the ADB provided another $15 million grant to cover additional costs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
References
- ^ "Q&A: How a New Port is Building Skills and Knowledge in Nauru". Asian Development Bank. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Construction begins on Nauru port project". RNZ. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Nauru to Get Its 1st International, Climate-Proofed Port". offshore-energy.biz. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Nauru Port Workers to be Trained as Construction Begins on New Port". Loop Nauru. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Port Upgrade Throwing a Lifeline to the People of Nauru". Asian Development Bank. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Green light for $US80 million Nauru port development". RNZ. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Construction Begins for Nauru's First International Port, Supported by ADB". Asian Development Bank. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Nauru building its first international port". Pacific Island Times. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ ""Red Zone" House Handover" (PDF). Nauru Bulletin. 237 (3–2022): 4. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Location Resettlement Underway" (PDF). Nauru Bulletin. 223 (19–2020): 6. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "ADB provides $15m Additional Grant for Nauru Port". Loop Nauru. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.