MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Long term plans for Falklands port development agreed.
At the 25th November meeting of the Falkland Islands Executive Council, agreement was reached on the long term focus of port development and port operations.
Discussions on the development of port infrastructure have been underway for some time and at its recent meeting ExCo considered a paper reviewing the situation and making a number of recommendations on the way forward.
Reporting on the meeting, Governor Howard Pearce said that it had been agreed that the current floating dock, FIPASS (Falkland Islands Interim Port and Storage Facility) and adjoining land owned by the government should be the long term focus of port development and port operations.
It was also agreed that a Director of Port Operations should be recruited by the middle of next year to manage and develop the port on a commercial basis. It was envisaged that a Port Authority or similar body would be established in due course to represent the interests of the Falkland Islands Government and port users.
In the meantime, it was agreed by ExCo that funding should be provided for essential maintenance and repairs of FIPASS and that plans should be made for its phased replacement in the longer term. It was also decided that tenders should be invited for the management of FIPASS from the 1st September 2005.
John Fowler (MP) Stanley
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