Transshipments In Majuro Port Picking Up

Transshipments in Majuro Port in the Marshall Islands are likely increasing after a remarkably sluggish 2024 in terms of such operations. Last Friday, two purse seiners were seen offloading their catches into carrier vessels, whereas, earlier this week, there were four carriers and several seiners in this region, reported Marshall Islands Journal.

The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) revealed last month that a total of only 160 transshipments took place in the Pacific Island nation in 2024, whereas, it was 294 in 2023. The most activity for last year took place in January. In 2024, tuna transfers into carriers were mostly carried out in the PNG, Kiribati, and Micronesian ports as seiners netted more tuna near their EEZs.