Employees of South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT) and their families safely gathered at the terminal warehouse to celebrate Safety Day on 19 November. Safety and security are among the top priorities of SPICT.  Letting the employees’ children visit their parents at work to see wha…
The MV Lae Chief during its maiden call at SPICT   South Pacific International Container Terminal welcomed the first port call in Papua New Guinea (PNG) of Swire Shipping’s upgraded North Asia Express (NAX) Service on November 22. The fixed-day fortnightly service offers a direct connection betwe…
ICTSI South Pacific recently welcomed the arrival of Hansa Cloppenburg, the first COSCO-operated container vessel to call Papua New Guinea. The 1,732-TEU boxship made its maiden calls to South Pacific International Container Terminal and Motukea International Terminal on October 8 and 11, respectiv…
ICTSI South Pacific recently signed the Industrial Agreement for Stevedoring and Handling Workers & Other Support Services Employees with the PNG Maritime Union and Employees Federation, becoming the first port operator in PNG to sign the three-year agreement in 2020.   The labor agreement cove…
“Challenging but not scary” – these were the words Tanya Sevua used to describe her experience working as a Senior Information Technology Analyst at South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT) in Lae, Papua New Guinea. The port and shipping industry remains a traditionally male-dominated…
The COVID-19 outbreak is one of the most disruptive events in recent history, affecting the global economy and the lives of countless people worldwide.  Since day one of the outbreak in Papua New Guinea, ICTSI South Pacific has implemented measures to ensure the safety of employees and port users tr…
Three years after commencing operations in Papua New Guinea, International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has successfully transformed the ports of Lae and Motukea into high-performing gateways. The PNG Ports Corporation Limited granted ICTSI a 25-year concession in 2017 to manage and op…
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), through its Papua New Guinea (PNG) unit, ICTSI South Pacific Ltd., and its corporate citizenship arm, the ICTSI Foundation Inc., recently inaugurated a new police station in the Omili suburb in Lae. The PGK505,000 (US$149,000) facility, the s…
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has kept its commitment towards advancing the peace and order situation in Papua New Guinea after recently breaking ground for another police station in Omili, a suburb of Lae City in Morobe province. Through ICTSI’s wholly-owned subsidiary IC…
With operations going well in Lae, port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) continues to ramp up the implementation of high-impact projects for the benefit of impacted stakeholders and communities within its Papua New Guinea operations.   Through its wholly-owned subsidi…