Road Closure: Knollcombes Road
30 July 2025Please be advised that Knollcombes Road will be temporarily closed on Friday, 01 August 2025, to accommodate a funeral. The closure will be in effect from 13:30 to 16:00, impacting...
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Statistical Update: External Trade
30 July 2025This update releases new estimates of the purchase value of goods imported to St Helena during the 2024/25 financial year, and estimates of the value of visitor expenditure in 2024...
Statistical Update: Arrivals and Departures
30 July 2025The latest provisional estimates have been released for the numbers of passenger arrivals and departures to and from St Helena, up to the end of June 2025. Arrivals In June...
Statistical Update: Population
30 July 2025The St Helena Statistics Office has released new provisional estimates of the number of people on St Helena by age, sex, residency and nationality, and the number of births and...
Update: Cargo Container Movement from Rupert’s
29 July 2025Port Control is pleased to announce that the technical issues with equipment at Jamestown have been resolved. We extend our sincere thanks to everyone involved from the SHG Transport Section...
School Open Days 2025
29 July 2025All island schools will be hosting their annual Open Day from Friday, 01 August 2025 to Thursday, 07 August 2025. All parents, guardians, carers and members of the public are...
Update: Cargo Container Movement From Rupert’s
28 July 2025Due to technical issues with equipment at Jamestown, approximately 30 cargo containers currently remain at Rupert’s. Port Control and Solomon and Company are actively working on a plan to transfer...
Statistical Update: Gross Domestic Product
27 July 2025New estimates of economic activity on St Helena for 2023/24, and revisions to earlier years This release presents new estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Income (GNI)...
Temporary Ban on Lobster and Deepwater Bullseye Fishing
25 July 2025The Marine Enforcement Section would like to advise all fishers of the need to stop all fishing for lobster species and commercial fishing for Deepwater Bullseye. To protect St Helena’s...
HM Customs and Immigration Closure
25 July 2025HM Customs and Immigration would like to advise the public that their offices will be closed at various times over the next two weeks starting from Monday, 28 July to...
Ladder Hill Road Closure – August 2025
23 July 2025Following our previous announcement, please be advised that Ladder Hill Road will be closed from 09:00 on Monday, 04 August until Friday, 22 August 2025 at 15:30, weather permitting. The...
Arrival of MV Karoline
23 July 2025The MV Karoline is scheduled to arrive at James Bay on Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:00. Weather permitting the vessel will dock alongside Rupert’s Jetty and cargo operations will...