Samoan Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi has used the ground breaking for a new submarine cable depot to announce plans for a new port at Vaiusu, a bay just west of Apia harbour.
Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Photo: RNZ / Sela Jane Aholelei
American company TE Subcom is to construct a new cable depot at the Port of Apia, to service and maintain more than 20 cable systems measuring over 51,000 kilometres of the Pacific.
The Prime Minister said it is a significant milestone for Samoa but with the new venture and a proposed fish processing plant it means Apia harbour is becoming congested.
He said that the government will go ahead and develop the Vaiusu port.
