The cruise ship operator, Royal Caribbean Cruises, is funding the installation of bollards at the main wharf in Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, so bigger ships can berth.
It will also provide for bollards at Mystery Island at Aneityum.
The move will mean 300 metre long ships can berth for the first time.
It will cost the cruise operator $US3.8 million dollars.
Japan has committed another $US36 million dollars for a multi purpose wharf being built in the Vanuatu capital.
A contract has been signed to build Vanuatu's first multi-purpose port terminal in the capital, Port Vila.
A new report says cruise tourism is bringing over $31 million US dollars into the Vanuatu economy each year.
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