🇼🇸 Samoa
Oceania · General Cargo Port
Apia in Samoa sits along the Asia-Oceania trade corridor, handling coal, iron ore, LNG, agricultural products, and containerised manufactured goods. Australia's position as the world's largest exporter of iron ore makes its port infrastructure strategically significant for global commodity markets. Tropical cyclone season (November–April) is the primary natural hazard, particularly along Australia's northern and western coasts; the iron ore ports of Western Australia have historically caused global price spikes during cyclone-related closures. Australia's biosecurity and PSC regimes are among the strictest in the world — AMSA inspections under the Tokyo MOU framework focus on vessel safety, crew competency, and environmental compliance, and biosecurity holds for ballast water or hull fouling can cause significant delays.
Routed sea distances from Apia to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.
Limited port-call data — fewer than 10 distinct vessels observed at Apia in the last 180 days. ArcNautical does not publish a vessel-type breakdown for low-traffic ports to avoid statistically misleading percentages.
Samoa is a multi-MoU jurisdiction (its port states participate in more than one regional PSC programme). Vessel-level detention probability for calls at Apia is computed by ArcNautical's scoring engine using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity rather than a regional aggregate.
Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):
| Arrived | Vessel | Flag | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-02 | MAJURO CHIEF | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-19 | KALOPAGA | 🇨🇰 CK | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
| 2026-07-15 | SOUTHERN PEARL | 🇸🇬 SG | Cargo |
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