# Honiara (SB HIR)

**UN/LOCODE:** SB HIR  
**Country:** Solomon Islands  
**Water Body:** Solomon Sea; South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** -9.4167, 159.9500

Practically every container entering the Solomon Islands passes across the quays of Point Cruz, the deepwater terminal that anchors Honiara's role as the country's main port of entry. Run by the Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA), it berths full-size container vessels fed by services out of Brisbane, linking the archipelago to Australian deep-sea networks. Cargo is worked by a fleet of Kalmar reach-stackers — described by SIPA as the largest among Pacific ports — alongside two covered warehouses for bagged and general goods. With no rail on Guadalcanal, boxes leave the terminal on privately operated side-lifter trucks for road haulage. Honiara is also the nation's principal customs gateway, where imports for the whole country are declared and cleared. Reefer plugs and breakbulk are handled, but heavy-lift and project cargo should be pre-arranged with the line agent given limited crane capacity. Noro in the Western Province and the Brisbane transhipment hub are the practical alternatives.

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