Samoa’s CAP-IT project
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drawing on the design of Samoa’s traditional Alia boats, on Thursday August 14, the first of five electric boats for Samoa began sea trials as part of the Japan-funded Climate Action Pathways for Island Transport (CAP-IT) Project, a key component of the US $37 million...

![The first eAlia electric vessel under construction in the New Zealand warehouse before sea trials that took place earlier this month. The eAlia is part of Samoa’s CAP-IT project, funded by Japan, and a key component of the Pacific Green Transformation initiative. [photo: UNDP]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/electric_alia.png?itok=EAS3sfv_)