Strengthening Maritime Transport Sector in Solomon Islands
Pacific islands countries heavily rely on marine transport to access essential international economic services and domestic socioeconomic services for their economic growth and improve quality of life due to their geographic dispersion across the Pacific Ocean. A safe and reliable environment is essential to achieve cost-effective shipping services. To ensure that shipping services can be sustained, routes need to be designed to maximize passenger and cargo revenues, so that they are large enough to offset operating and indirect costs. Currently, the government of Solomon Islands is implementing a project and technical assistance with financial and technical supports from Asian Development Bank and European Union to reform institution, rehabilitate infrastructure, and implement a franchise shipping scheme to achieve equitable distribution of benefits, such as improved access to socioeconomic activities. This paper will introduce Solomon Islands' experiences of strengthening maritime transport sector in terms of institution, infrastructure, and shipping service. Also it will address lessons learned from past experience under the ongoing project and technical assistance. The lessons indicating the needs of a holistic approach, focusing on capacity development, responsibility definition, rationale prioritization process, and financial and equipment support, can be incorporated into the design of a future maritime transport project.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AT020 International Trade and Transportation
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Authors:
- Mizusawa, Daisuke
- Guild, Robert
- Adhar, Rishi Ram
- Ling, David
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
- Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 13p
- Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic and social factors; Improvements; Infrastructure; Lessons learned; Programming (Planning); Shipping; Water transportation
- Geographic Terms: Solomon Islands
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01363993
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 12-3585
- Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Feb 29 2012 7:21AM