EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
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Figure A.30: TEU Throughput per annum<br />
120,000<br />
TEU Throughput per Annum<br />
100,000<br />
80,000<br />
60,000<br />
40,000<br />
20,000<br />
0<br />
Pohnpei, FSM<br />
Santo, Vanuatu<br />
Lautoka, Fiji<br />
Betio, Kiribati<br />
Nuku'alofa, Tonga<br />
St Georges, Grenada<br />
Apia, Samoa<br />
Castries, St Lucia<br />
Suva, Fiji<br />
Port Moresby, PNG<br />
Bridgetown, Barbados<br />
Lae Port, PNG<br />
Source: St Lucia, Barbados: ECLAC (2003), Fiji: ADB (2000), Vanuatu: ADB (2001), Kiribati, FSM, Samoa, PNG,<br />
Tonga (2003 figures, based on questionnaires)<br />
Lae, Port Moresby and Suva ports are the largest of the <strong>Pacific</strong> ports, and comparable with<br />
Bridgetown, Barbados. <strong>The</strong>y are significantly smaller than the port in Kingston, Jamaica (not<br />
shown on this graph) which is one of the largest ports in the Caribbean region. In 2003<br />
Kingston port handled over 1.1 million TEU. Apia, Samoa and Suva, Fiji are comparable<br />
with Castries, St Lucia and St Georges Grenada.<br />
Another way to evaluate port usage is to compare TEU throughput levels as they relate to<br />
the size of the country’s population. Figure A.31 compares TEU throughput per capita. Apia<br />
port in Samoa handles a relatively high proportion of container traffic given the total<br />
population size. <strong>The</strong> remaining <strong>Pacific</strong> ports are small when compared with the countries’<br />
total population.<br />
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