Flying Tour of Uliga, Majuro
Enjoying dinner at Aliang Restaurant near Uliga Dock one evening, I spotted a young man watching an aerial video of the nearby Uliga area on his laptop. It gave a new perspective to this downtown area of Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands. The chap was Gilbert Lin and he’d been out that day playing Read More
Beran Island Surf Lodge
Beran Island Surf Lodge on Ailinglaplap is open for action! Australian water sports entrepreneur Martin Daly first visited Beran in 2006 and since then he’s worked long and hard to bring the water sports resort to reality. According to Martin’s Indies Trader web site, Beran Island is about 45 acres and is central to the best surfing spots Read More
PII Facilities in High Demand
Pacific International Inc. is the Marshalls biggest construction company. It was founded by Jerry Kramer and is now owned and run by him and his family. In February the company celebrated the opening of its new dock facility, its new purse seiner net repair workshop, and the arrival of its new ship, Michelle K. The Read More
BOMI in the Outer Islands
The Bank of Marshall Islands (BOMI) has its Mobile Banking Services team on the MV Kwajalein that left Majuro on January 20, 2017. The Kwajalein is scheduled to visit Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Ailuk, Utrik, Mejit, Likiep and then return to Majuro. The BOMI mobile services include: Deposits and Withdrawals; Processing of Micro Loans; Mobile Banking; Collections; Money Gram Service; Handling of Read More
Enen Kio (a.k.a. Wake Island)
Island of the kio flower
By KAREN EARNSHAW As a number of Asian nations on the Pacific Rim beef up their military prowess, it is expected that the US will, in the next few years, begin upgrading its facilities at the strategic Wake Island (a.k.a Enen Kio), which is 1,501 miles east of Guam, 2,298 miles west of Honolulu, Hawaii Read More
Fishing Ships in RMI
January, 2016: Due to the hard work of the many regional fisheries individuals and groups, and especially the people at PNA (Parties to the Nauru Agreement), Majuro lagoon is now packed with purse seiners and their accompanying transshipment vessels. Of course there are upsides and downsides to this story, but overall the fact that Majuro is Read More
Taiwan Navy Ships Visit
March, 2016: Three Taiwan Navy vessels will be in Majuro from March 23 to 25 as they voyage from their home port to Central America. Known as the ROC Naval Goodwill Squadron, the ships are the flagship Pan-Shi and two frigates, the Kung-Din and the Cheng-Ho. They have on board 730 officers, midshipmen, and sailors. Read More
Three-masted ship visits RMI
The three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel ‘Le Quy Don’ arrived in Majuro Sunday, January 3. It was built by a Polish shipyard in Gdańsk for the Government of Vietnam for Defence Force training purposes. Its home port is Nha Trang, home of the Vietnamese Naval Academy. The 67-meter ship is named after a famous Vietnamese Read More
Cruise Ships Visit
Three cruise ships have been or will be in Majuro this month and next with passengers seeing the sights and shopping for handicrafts. The Statendam, from Rotterdam and carrying 1,600 passengers, was here on October 8, while the Bremen, which is registered in Nassau, the Bahamas, visited with its 160 passengers on Saturday, October 17. Read More
Yacht Alucia Heads to Bikini
January 6, 2015: The superyacht Alucia arrived in Marshall Islands Tuesday and is expected to soon voyage to Jaluit Atoll and then on to Bikini Atoll where its crew will do underwater research for a number of weeks. Bikinian Edward Maddison, the atoll’s senior diver, will be present to observe the research. The 185-foot vessel is Read More
