The main commercial port facility in Palau is located at Malakal Harbor on Malakal island. The port is operated by a private company, Belau Transfer and Terminal Company, under a lease agreement with Koror State Government. The Seaport Branch of the Division of Transportation of the Bureau of Commercial Development, Ministry of Commerce and Trade, also has responsibility for the port. The wharves are of pre-World War 11 Japanese construction. Its quay walls are apparently constructed of concrete blocks. Dimensions of the two faces of the dock currently utilized for cargo vessels are 528 feet by 500 feet. Because of land taken by a commercial fishing operation facility, all but approximately 80 feet of the entire north wharf is under the control of a commercial fishing company. At present, the 80-feet section of the north wharf is dedicated for the use of the Government of Palau's patrol boat. The depth alongside the quay wall varies from 26 feet to 29 feet. In 1995, over 280 commercial, fishing and other vessels called at Malakal commercial port delivering over 6,000 containers and other break bulk cargo totaling over 70,600 tons. Malakal commercial port is extremely congested and must be expanded. The OMIP Team continues to recommend the creation of a Port Authority to operate and maintain the port and to resolve the dispute over the legal ownership of the part between the National Government and Koror State Government. Past docking facility developments in the states of Ngarchelong, Melekeok, Ngatpang and Angaur mainly for enhancing small scale fishery operations were made possible through grant aid assistance from the Government of Japan.