Samoa Shipping Corporation

Samoa Shipping Corporation
Agency overview
Formed1974 (1974)
TypePublic trading body
Employees209 (in 2020)[1]: 18 
Annual budget$20.6 million (in 2020)[1]: 15 
Minister responsible
  • Minister of Works, Transport & Infrastructure
Agency executive
  • Leiataua Samuel Phineas, Chief Executive

The Samoa Shipping Corporation is a government-owned company in Samoa which provides freight and passenger services between Savai'i, Upolu and American Samoa. Established in 1974, the corporation is managed as a public trading body under the Public Bodies (Performance and Accountability) Act 2001.[2]

The corporation also provides maritime support services, including engineering services in Apia[3] and a slipway at Satitoa in Aleipata.[4] It maintains facilities at Mulifanua, Salelologa, Apia and Pago Pago.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AR2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Samoa Shipping Corporation". Ministry for Public Enterprises. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Marine engineering & fabrication services". Samoa Shipping Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Slipway Services". Samoa Shipping Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021.