New $38 million PNG tuna facility to open

Majestic Seafood’s new PGK 85 million (USD 38 million) tuna processing facility at Malahang in Lae will be commissioned next month by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.

Plant manager Ronel Paredes put 10 June as the official opening date after being given the approval by the Morobe building board’s senior building inspector Jacob Kumsoro yesterday.

Kumsoro said the facility had met all safety, sanitation and waste disposal requirements.

Engineering manager Edwin Mendoza said the Malahang cannery was a state of the art tuna processing facility and boasted the most advanced waste disposal management system.

He said waste from the processing plant went through a vigorous water treatment regime closely monitored by a computerised system.

“The water that will be released from the treatment wells will be completely safe and odorless,”Mendoza said. 

Plant manager Paredes said at optimal production the facility would employ 2,000 workers and process 350 metric tons of fresh tuna making it the largest in the country.

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