Polynesian Shipping Line

Polynesian Shipping was formed by a group of business men concerned at the state of shipping services to and from Samoa; in particular the regularity of the service and competitiveness of freight rates. Polynesian Shipping Line commenced operations in September 2005. The line trades as a subsidiary of Petroleum Products Supplies Limited (PPS) of Apia Samoa. PPS is the sole distributor of bulk fuels in Samoa. The company is also involved in the development of biofuels through another subsidiary, Pacific Oil. The Line commenced operation with the vessel Thor Hanne. It soon became apparent that this vessel did not perform to expectations and was replaced by the vessel Matua. Due to increasing demand Matua was replaced by a larger vessel Matua II. MV Ratstor (our fourth vessel) was chartered to replace Matua II.

In May 2011 Polynesian Shipping Line entered into an access agreement with Pacific Direct Line. This Agreement provides Polynesian Shipping Line with a permanent allocation of space on vessels servicing Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga and the inter island trade between these islands.

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Ratstor is owned and operated by Polynesian Shipping Line.