Port of Suva

🇫🇯 Fiji

Oceania · General Cargo Port

UN/LOCODE
FJSUV
Country
🇫🇯 Fiji
Port Type
General Cargo Port
Ocean Region
Oceania
Latitude
-18.1400° S
Longitude
178.4400° E

Maritime Risk Context

Suva in Fiji 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.

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Vessel Mix

No port-call data observed at Suva in the last 180 days. ArcNautical's AIS coverage focuses on the world's commercial shipping lanes; smaller or specialised ports may not register sufficient traffic for a meaningful breakdown.

Port State Control Context

Suva falls under the Tokyo MoU. The Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (Asia-Pacific) maintains the most active publicly-available regional PSC programme. Across the last 24 months, the Tokyo MoU detention dataset records 5,331 distinct vessel detentions (sourced from OpenSanctions, as of 2026-06-14). Vessel-level detention probability is computed by ArcNautical using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity.

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