page_title: Point Cruz
section_title: Honiara Port
hierarchical_section_title: Point Cruz / Industry / Honiara Port
caption_attribution_description: English: Honiara Port, restricted enterance
context_page_description: Point Cruz is a peninsula in the center of Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island. Honiara is the capital city of the Solomon Islands. Point Cruz is located on the Tandai Highway, and is ¼ mile north of the Solomon Islands Parliament Building. Point Cruz is in the Honiara City Council ward of Cruz, and is East of Town Ground and West of Tuvaruhu.
context_section_description: The Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) was established on 4 June 1956 as a statutory corporation by an Act of Parliament. It is a State Own Enterprise(SOE) and is wholly owned by the government of Solomon Islands.
  Currently the maximum vessel size for vessels is over 500 feet (150 m) in length  and the maximum depth is 9.14 metres (30.0 ft) 
  A new International Wharf  consisting of a new 180 metres (590 ft) deep sea water berth is under construction and is expected that the new wharf will be in operation in 2016  at a cost of 24 million US dollars.
  In 2014 the Honiara Port was awarded with the Club of Ports' Label for Excellence as the most dynamic port in the Pacific area.
caption: Customs area, Honiara Port
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