{"id":51,"date":"2024-12-02T23:21:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T10:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spasamoa.ws\/new\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:49:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spasamoa.ws\/new\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">Resilient port infrastructure<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">Enhanced Port Security &amp; Safety<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">Commitment to Quality Service and Customer Satisfaction<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">Financial Stability<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\">Skilled and Qualified Workforce<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Talofa and Welcome<\/h2>\n<p>The Samoa Ports Authority (SPA) welcomes you to our new upgraded website. <\/p>\n<p>SPA operates from its main premises at Matautu tai Apia, and continues to work collaboratively with the main Government Ministries and agencies for the operation of its ports. Private companies currently provide services of stevedoring, container handling, cargo movement and major maintenance, while SPA provides pilotage, ship towing, tourism production and security services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-WS\">The SPA is a State-Owned Enterprise (SOE),\nestablished under the Ports Authority Act 1998, and officially commenced\noperations on the 1 July 1999.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>It took control of maritime operations that\nwere previously managed by the former Ministry of Transport, including the\ntransfer of employees and port major assets in Apia, Mulifanua, Aleipata,\nSalelologa and Asau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>VISION &amp; MISSION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><br><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>To be the leading gateway port in providing green, safe, efficient and effective services<\/strong><\/font><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n<h2><br><\/h2>\n<p><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>To develop and maintain safe and climate resilient port infrastructure and services, in compliance with national and<\/strong><\/font><\/p><p><font color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>international standards, to ensure operational excellence and profitability, in partnership with our stakeholders<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n\nOUR SERVICES\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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