As part of its 25 th Anniversary Celebration this week, the Samoa Ports Authority, officially opened its
Domestic Ports Upgrade Project this morning, at the Salelologa Port in Savaii.

The program started with the opening prayer by Rev. Asosili Suesue of the Salelologa Methodist
Church, followed by the Keynote Address delivered by the Hon. Olo Fiti Afoa Vaai, Minister of
Works, Transport and Infrastructure.

The Hon. Minister also made a charity presentation to the Mapuipulotu Organisation, and the program
concluded with an inspection of the upgraded Salelologa Port.

Since the official handover of the domestic ports in Mulifanua and Salelologa from the Samoa
Shipping Corporation on the 1 st October 2022, the Authority started with the upgrade project firstly at
Mulifanua Port. The Mulifanua works completed in July 2023, and the Salelologa works commenced
right after up to now.
The upgrade project including the refurbishment of the departure lounges with comfortable seats and
provision of television sets for entertainments while waiting, the improvements of pensioners’ lounges
and business class suites, the construction of new shops for the private businesses, installation of a
new fence and reconstruction of the car parking areas.