Pacific Eden at Port Vila today 23 Dec

The bridge cam is giving us a great view today. Wish all cams were as clear as this one.

and from shore overlooking Iririki Island and over to the wharf

Cheers David,

Looks great, must have been cleaned.

Still not using the new wharf eh?

Still not using the new wharf eh?

would it actually fit?

Still not using the new wharf eh?

Is that new wharf for cruise ships? I thought it was for the navy

Is that new wharf for cruise ships? I thought it was for the navy

Certainly doesn't look big enough and it still looks far too industrial to be for cruise ships.

Is that new wharf for cruise ships? I thought it was for the navy

I don't think Vanuatu has a navy, only some police patrol boats.

It's to be an industrial wharf. The Lapetasi International Multi-Purpose Wharf, built with Japanese money.

https://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/social_environmental/id/oceania/vanuatu/c8h0vm000090rfvq.html

"The objective of the Project is to build a new wharf and construct container yard and facilities at the Star Terminal site in the Port Vila to mitigate high berth occupancy at existing International Wharf, and to improve efficiency and mitigate present very high cost of stevedoring, delays and congestion causing poor delivery capacity of FCL containers and LCL cargo to consignees."

Being constructed by Fletcher NZ.

http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/transport/port-vila-lapetasi-international-multi-purpose-wha

It will allow them to move the cargo ships away from the cruise ship wharf.

I must check again as I've seen maps with the new wharf marked as the cruise ship wharf, and the existing one as the container wharf.

I don't think Vanuatu has a navy, only some police patrol boats.

 

It's to be an industrial wharf. The Lapetasi International Multi-Purpose Wharf, built with Japanese money.

 

https://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/social_environmental/id/oceania/vanuatu/c8h0vm000090rfvq.html

 

"The objective of the Project is to build a new wharf and construct container yard and facilities at the Star Terminal site in the Port Vila to mitigate high berth occupancy at existing International Wharf, and to improve efficiency and mitigate present very high cost of stevedoring, delays and congestion causing poor delivery capacity of FCL containers and LCL cargo to consignees."

 

Being constructed by Fletcher NZ.

 

http://www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz/projects/transport/port-vila-lapetasi-international-multi-purpose-wha

 

It will allow them to move the cargo ships away from the cruise ship wharf.

Cheers for the clarification..

Carrying on the discussion re the wharf....I caught Sun Princess arriving this morning and giving us a shot of the completed? work at the cruise ship wharf...

Carrying on the discussion re the wharf....I caught Sun Princess arriving this morning and giving us a shot of the completed? work at the cruise ship wharf...

 

Cheers.

The way they work should be finished in 100 yrs

The way they work should be finished in 100 yrs

Good on them, at least they are having a go. They have been through a tsunami and two cyclones in recent history.

And with the jiggery pokery of problems going on in Sydney Harbour I BET they finish the project and resolve their issues before we ever do.

The way they work should be finished in 100 yrs

But they are the happiest people in the world.

Who's got it right? We or they?

But they are the happiest people in the world.

 

Who's got it right? We or they?

Makes you think anyway.:D

Is that new wharf for cruise ships? I thought it was for the navy

I heard the new wharf is for the bigger cruise ships and also so they can have two cruise ships in at the same time, when they don't need it for cargo ships.

I heard the new wharf is for the bigger cruise ships and also so they can have two cruise ships in at the same time, when they don't need it for cargo ships.

I suppose that would be good for future planning at least.:D