There was a change of leadership at Steamships Trading Company on July 1, with Chris Daniells replacing Rupert Bray as managing director. In an exclusive interview, the two share how Steamships is pursuing its long-term growth plans amid a challenging economic environment.
After a challenging 2023, Papua New Guinea’s port and road transport operators are preparing for a significant recovery in demand this year.
As part of extensive in-country research for the newly-released 2024 edition of the Business Advantage PNG annual magazine, our editorial team spoke exclusively to dozens of Papua New Guinea business leaders to understand how they are preparing for imminent growth – and what challenges they face. Here’s what they told us.
A final investment decision on the Papua LNG project remains on the agenda for this year. Managing Director of project lead TotalEnergies E&P PNG, Jean-Marc Noiray, walks Business Advantage PNG through the milestones ahead for the US$10 billion-plus gas project.
James Marape, PNG’s Prime Minister, speaks exclusively about PNG’s next decade of economic growth, which he describes as potentially the most exciting in the nation’s history.
The final investment decision for the TotalEnergies-led Papua LNG project, which would spark a fresh investment boom in Papua New Guinea, still faces significant hurdles, as growing environmental activism makes finance harder to arrange and international energy projects compete for scarce construction resources.
Kumul Petroleum’s plan to manufacture large-scale infrastructure components for major resources projects in Papua New Guinea has taken a major step forward, following the signing of construction contracts for a US$100 million (K358 million) fabrication facility outside Port Moresby.
Ahead of registrations for early works contracts on Papua LNG closing, the Institute of Banking and Business Management’s CEO Susil Nelson-Kongoi walked Business Advantage PNG through recent developments
A commitment by TotalEnergies, operator of the Papua LNG Project, to provide the PNG government with a National Content Plan in September, will ensure PNG businesses receive their fair share of preparatory early works contracts, which will be awarded this month.
Papua LNG spending to help restore Papua New Guinea’s foreign exchange market, Bank of China opens representative office in Port Moresby and New Porgera clarifies future payments to Barrick.