The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) was established on 4th June 1956
as a statutory corporation by an Act of Parliament. Its mandate and operation is
subjected to the State Owned Enterprise Act of 2007. The Solomon Islands Ports
Authority is charged with the following duty:
Provide, maintain and improve in the declared ports such facilities as
appears best calculated to serve the public interest
Maintain, improve and regulate the use of the declared ports to such
extent as appears expedient in the public interest
Provide for the declared ports the approaches thereto and the
territorial waters of The Solomon Islands such pilotage services and aids as
appears best calculated to serve the public interest.