PORT ADMINISTRATION

Port workers and Customs officers inspect a mixed cargo container.

Just Asking — Why are some containers inspected piece by piece — and other’s not?

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a container vessel leaves port, it’s common on the main wharf to see workers and ASG customs agents — as seen in this photo from this past Thursday morning — removing cargo from a container, checking for content. Usually this occurs due to ‘loose’ cargo owned by...

Vessels arriving at Pago Pago must first be cleared by Dept. of Health

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration has in place a new policy where all vessels entering the Port of Pago Pago must wait just outside of the harbor at the red buoy to be cleared first by a Health Department physician before being allowed to enter the harbor. This is according to Port...

Strict monitoring of territorial waters due to measles outbreak in effect

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration is taking the lead, working with three other ASG departments, in patrolling the 50-mile zonewithin territorial waters, to prevent unauthorized vessels from entering the territory during the emergency declaration due to the measles outbreak. “All...

No air traffic control tower in Pago due to not enough traffic

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration Department deputy director, Chris King (left) and Port director Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele, responding to various questions during yesterday’s Fono Joint Budget Committee hearing on the department’s FY 2019 budget. Among the issues raised is the...