Shortland Islands is without a shipping service after commercial ship operators did not apply to provide services to the islands under the Government’s Franchise shipping scheme.
A Ronnie Kidoe from Shortland Islands told SIBC News recently, shipping companies are not interested to provide services to Shortland Islands.
“I’ve attended a Central Tender Board (CTB) meeting in which they’ve opened applications for providing services to the uneconomical routes and I’ve discovered that not one shipping operator has applied to serve Shortland islands.”
