Some P135.8 million worth of infrastructure projects designed to expand and further develop port facilities here will bring in bigger ships and boost the income of the Port of Subic upon their completion by next year. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Wilma T. Eisma said both the national government and the Subic agency have allocated funds for the port projects bundled in three development packages. Eisma said these are major infrastructure projects that would significantly develop the Port of Subic to provide better services to port users, rein in more shipping lines, and increase port revenue. “From merely a handful just a few years back, the number of commercial shipping lines regularly visiting Subic has now reached 23—and these do not include the growing number of cruise ships docking in Subic and bringing in tourists,” Eisma said. “With the completion of these three port projects by next year, we expect to see more attractive and more efficient port facilities, more customers coming in, and more income for the port,” she added. The SBMA Seaport Department said the Subic port generated P1.17 billion in 2017, 3.27 percent higher than the P1.13 billion collected in 2016. Among the shipping lines that regularly call on Subic are APL, Maersk Line, Evergreen Line, K Line, Wan Hai and NYK Fil-Japan Shipping Corp.
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09 June 2018 - 11:28
P135.8-million port development projects to bring bigger ships to Subic Bay
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