PACIFIC COUNTRIES PORTS ASSOCIATION
(formerly South Pacific Ports Association (SPPA) then Association of Pacific Ports (APP) before current change)
 
COLLABORATION WITH THE SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
PCPA has been collaborating with SPREP in matters relating to the implementation of the APP Environment Accord and endorsed partnership with SPREP's Pacific Ocean Pollution Prevention Programme (PACPOL) in 2003.
 
COLLABORATION WITH THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT
PCPA collaborates with PIFS in matters such as the organisation of training attachments for officials in island ports to be attached to Australia, New Zealand or Fiji ports.
 
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
With continuous review and improvements adapted from training and seminars, SPC and RMP hopes to better serve the PCPA Members. The Association hopes to bring together the Region's maritime skills and expertise, sharing of best practices information and training port personnel at all levels of operation to promote efficiency and productivity.
  • To share information in shipping services in the Pacific region, and the way in which Pacific Shipping services are being affected by global developments in the maritime sector
  • To understand the issues that face the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) in securing stable, adequate and efficient international shipping services with a special focus on port infrastructure and cargo handling in Pacific Ports.
 
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of PCPA is extended to port organisations, associations and other bodies, whether governmental, public or private, incorporated or unincorporated, or individuals interested in supporting and promoting the objectives of the Association.

There are three categories of members; regular, associate and honorary viz:-
  1. Regular members include any government or statutory port or marine authority or port company of a Pacific country.
  2. Associate members include any port user, organisation, entity or individual engaged or involved in port related activities in the Pacific region.
  3. Honorary membership may be conferred to any individual or organisation by the Conference.
Regular members include port organisations from Cook Islands, Fiji, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Tonga, Tahiti, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and American Samoa.

Port organisations from Australia and New Zealand are associate members of the Association.
 
Membership Fees effective from 2010
  • Individual Members: Sub Fees FJ$200
  • Associate Members: Sub Fees FJ$600
  • Regular Members: Sub Fees in Fijian Dollars.100,000 TEUs and over FJ$4000, Less than 100,000 TEUs FJ$600
PCPA News Article 2010
2010 EVENTS
12-14th April
Executive PCPA meeting and all four meetings of the Sub-Committees in Suva, Fiji (enabling coaching and interaction with the Subcommittees and are focused for sustainable and tangible outcomes)
21st June
Executive PCPA committee – to ensure the Subcommittees are focused (review progress) and prepared for the Conference later in the year
6th-7th September
Annual Conference with all the PCPA Executive and all four (4) Subcommittees meeting on day one with FIJI Ports hosting the 35th PCPA Conference event
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