EVE BURNS The newest state of the art sailing cargo-passenger vessel added to Marshall Islands fleet is none other than the SV Juren Ae, which was welcomed home last Wednesday. Witnessing the arrival of the Juren Ae were President Hilda Heine, and a lineup of VIPs and general public. Leading the welcoming ceremony was Shipping […]
A naming ceremony for the Marshall Islands cargo sailing ship, SV Juren Ae, was held last week at the ASIA Shipbuilding Company on Geoje Island in South Korea. The Marshallese phrase Juren Ae refers to one of the main paddles of a traditional outrigger canoe. According to a release from GIZ, the German international development […]
The Marshall Islands’ cargo ship, SV Juren Ae, is in its final stage of construction at the ASIA Shipbuilding Company on Geoje Island in South Korea. According to a release from the German Agency for International Development, which is known in Majuro as GIZ*, this week the dedicated rigging team is focusing their efforts on […]
A well-attended graduation ceremony last week celebrated the completion of three new boats built locally for remote outer atolls. Waan Aelon in Majel (Canoes of the Marshall Islands) completed its fourth Low Carbon Lagoon Transport Boatbuilding Workshop. Last week’s graduation showed off the work of Timius Torelik (Namu), Waihee Hanchor (Wotje) and Job Jibok (Maloelap) […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The building of the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation’s 150-foot sailing cargo vessel on Geoje Island, South Korea, has reached a milestone: On Friday, May 26, the Asia Shipbuilding company held a keel laying ceremony. The event was attended by a range of VIPs, including Foreign Affairs Minister Kitlang Kabua and RMI Ambassador to […]
KAREN EARNSHAW The construction of the maritime facility next to Uliga Dock kicked off in January: Six months later, one of the project organizers, Raffael Held, told the Journal “the construction of the maritime training complex, which is next to the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation’s office, is making good progress.” The main purpose of the […]
EVE BURNS Waan Aelon in Majel (WAM) suffered a devastating fire recently that destroyed its office and workshops. In an outpouring of solidarity with WAM, local and international donors from every direction have put up their hands to help with the reconstruction. Monday this week, Australia joined other donors to support WAM rebuilding efforts through […]
WILMER JOELWaan Aelon in Majel (WAM) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (the German international development agency known as GIZ) organized a closing ceremony of the Low Carbon Sea Transport Inside-Lagoon Boat Workshop last week at WAM compound. For the workshop WAM and GIZ partnered up with the local governments of Kwajalein, Ujae, Lae, […]
A three-month workshop involving boatbuilders from four outer islands is seeing various boats taking shape in the Waan Aelon in Majel workshop in Delap. The WAM team and the boatbuilders from Lae, Ujae, Kwajalein and Aur are working on three projects that need to be completed before Christmas. They are building one WAMCat catamaran, one […]
EVE BURNS Waan Aelon in Majel (WAM) launched last month its latest three-month boat building program for the outer islands as part of a project called the Low Carbon Sea Transport inside-lagoon boat building workshop. The workshop is part of the transitioning away from fossil fuel engine boats to sustainable, locally designed and built vessels. […]
