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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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