Project ID: 39337

Chinese Government grants multi-purpose cargo vessel worth USD 3.54 million to Fiji

Commitment amount

$ 728347.9799907361

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 728347.98

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Fiji

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2010-06-15

Actual start

2010-06-15

Actual complete

2011-12-21

Description

On July 11, 2004, China agreed to grant Fiji a multi-purpose fishing vessel. Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase along with Fisheries Minister Konisi Yabaki requested the Chinese National Fisheries Corporation, the largest Chinese government-owned fishing corporation, for a fishing vessel. It was proposed that the vessel will be used as a research and training facility and also to transport catch from the outer islands. On August 8, 2006, the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry and Wuhan Changjiang Ship Design Institue (CSDI) signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the design of the ship. On September 11, 2006, the Ambassador of the Embassy of China in Fiji visited the CSDI to exchange ideas about the project. On June 15, 2010, the China Assistance Fiji Multi-Purpose Ship Construction Contract with Wuhan Nanhua High-speed Ship Engineering Co., Ltd to build the ship was signed at the Prime Minister's Office in Fiji by the Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office of Fiji, Pio Ticdu Adua, and the temporary head of the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Chinese Embassy, Yang Xuegang. The vessel cost USD 3.54 million, which was funded through a Chinese Government grant. The vessel would be used mainly for the transport of frozen fish, fresh fish on ice, dry and sundry goods in Fiji among the main island and offshore islands. On December 21, 2011, construction was completed and the new multi-purpose cargo vessel "Bai-Ni-Takali," measuring 36.8m long and 8m wide, arrived in Suva on her delivery voyage from China. Fiji's Minister of Primary Industries Joketani Cokanasiga and Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Huang Yong signed the acceptance agreement at the hand-over ceremony held at the Narayan Jetty in Suva. Personnel from the Department of Fisheries received two months of training in China. However, the vessel has had some operating problems. Mistakes were made because the instructions were in Chinese and could not be read by the crew. Documents have now been provided in English and Chinese engineers will be sent if the vessel can’t be fixed locally.

Additional details

The project is also called Fiji Passenger and Cargo Ship or 客货两用船舶 or 多用途货船.

Number of official sources

7

Number of total sources

12

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Wuhan Nanhua High-speed Ship Engineering Co., Ltd [State-owned Company]

Wuhan Changjiang Ship Design Institute Co., Ltd [State-owned Company]

Government of the Republic of Fiji [Government Agency]