FPCL, FSHIL Reward Employees With Bonus Payout
A total of 214 employees of Fiji Ports Corporation Limited (FPCL) and its subsidiary company, Fiji Ships and Heavy Industries will be receiving their bonuses for the 2016 financial year. The bonus payout of over $256,000 is for established salaried staff and casual workers based on assessment of individual KPIs in line with a company’s…
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JULY-RECORD DIVIDEND TO GOVERNMENT
The recent Annual General Meeting saw newly-appointed Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd Chairman, Tevita Kuruvakadua, presenting a dividend cheque of $3.6 million to the Attorney General and Minister for Public Enterprises, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. The dividend for the 2012 financial year represents 50% of the company’s profit after tax, and is an indication that FPCL is continuing…
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JUNE- PPP FOR PORTS TERMINAL LTD
With the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd (FPCL) on behalf of subsidiary Ports Terminal Ltd (PTL) with Sri Lankan based Aitken Spence PLC, the ports operations at Suva and Lautoka are now to be managed by a Public/Private Partnership (PPP). At the MOU signing, the Honourable Prime Minister, Voreqe…
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MAY- COMPLIANCE AN IMPORTANT SECURITY TOOL
With the potential for a terrorist attack an ever-present threat for all security and border control personnel world-wide, 85 representatives from forty countries gathered at the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu. Representing Fiji at the month-long Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Course was Fiji Ports Senior Port Facility Security Officer, Captain…
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FPCL AND FRCA SIGN AGREEMENT
The Fiji Revenue Customs Authority and Fiji Ports Corporation Limited today signed an agreement on the upgrading of cameras in Suva and Lautoka Ports. The agreement will see the installation of 20 cameras in both ports by Professional Electronics Limited. “The security of our ports is important and critical to both FPCL and FRCA,” FRCA…
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REPAIRWORKS FOR RFNS KIKAU II
A major project underway at Fiji Ships & Heavy Industries Ltd (FSHIL) is the refitting of RFNS 202 Kikau II. “We faced a major challenge in slipping the Kikau, as the 200 tones slipway was out of commission. We introduced an emergency plan and slipped the vessel on the five hundred tone slipway so that…
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ILLEGAL FISHING ADDRESSED
Fishing that does not comply with national, regional or global fisheries conservation and management obligations is an issue of major importance for maritime nations like Fiji. Such illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities are being addressed by the Memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd (FPCL) and the Ministry of Fisheries and…
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ANOTHER DIVIDEND RECORD FOR FPCL
THE FPCL dividend payment of $3,698,979 for the 2013 financial year represents a 1.2% increase over the previous year and is the highest yet on record ever paid by FPCL to the Government of Fiji, and is testament to the robust profitable trading results recorded by the company. In presenting the dividendcheque to Permanent Secretary…
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INSTALLATION OF AIS SYSTEM FOR PORT OF SUVA
The installation of the state-of-the-art Automatic Identification System (AIS) at the Port of Suva has changed the way the Harbour Master coordinates and manages incoming and departing vessels. “We can see any ship that is approaching Suva Harbour, and can even zoom in for a closer look,” said FPCL Harbour Master, Captain Joji Takape. AIS…
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CCTV ENHANCES SECURITY
SECURITY at the Ports of Suva and Lautoka has been enhanced with the commissioning of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance cameras that will help the two ports maintain compliance with the all-important ISPS (International Ships and Ports Security) Code. ISPS Code compliance ensures that international vessels continue to bring cruise vessel visitors and transport cargo…
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