Te Atinimarawa Co., Ltd, a state-owned enterprise established in 2013, is overseeing operations of the barge, as well as the aggregate depot and processing facility on Betio Island. When it is not dredging for aggregate in the Betio lagoon, the open-ocean capable barge can also be used to help meet Kiribati’s growing needs for inter-island, ensuring that the Te Atinimarawa Co., Ltd generates reliable revenue for the Kiribati Government (Ratuyawa, 2013).

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