SUBIC's New Container Terminal 2 (NCT2) has registered its 100,000th TEU cargo container recently, marking a milestone in maritime business in the Freeport.
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman Roberto Garcia said the event only manifested the growing number of port users already transporting their goods through the Port of Subic after it became an extension facility of the Port of Manila.
"This only shows that our efforts to make Subic the most competitive port in Luzon are all reaching fruition," Mr Garcia said, as he congratulated officials of the Subic Bay International Container Terminal (SBITC), which operates the NCT2.
Mr Garcia said that in August this year, the Port of Subic already recorded 83,000 TEU, a number that was almost double the 43,000 recorded for the same period last year, the Headline of Gitnang, Luzon reported.
Mr Garcia said that SBMA has been successful so far in marketing Subic as the only port in Luzon that has a one-stop shop.
He said the one-stop-shop facility inside Subic's container terminal has been very well appreciated by brokers from Manila and Northern and Central Luzon because all the necessary documentation "stops" could be accomplished within the shop.
"If your papers are in order, you can finish processing in just 30 minutes or an hour," he said.
Mr Garcia also noted that SBMA is expanding its seaport, and "is pushing very hard to increase cargo volume here to decongest Manila Port."
Subic is the only port in the western seaboard that still has the capacity to accommodate more containers, as the Batangas port is already 100 per cent full.
Subic, as well as Batangas, became an extension port because of congestion in Manila. Subic now has seven shipping lines unloading and taking in cargo on a regular basis after President Aquino signed Executive Order 172 that designated Subic as an alternative port to Manila.
SBITC general manager Roberto Locsin said the 100,000th container was unloaded from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, by Wan Hai Lines for delivery to United Auctioneers, Inc., a heavy equipment trader in the Subic Bay Freeport.
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16 November 2015 - 23:22
Subic's NCT2 marks a milestone by taking delivery of 100,000th TEU
SUBIC's New Container Terminal 2 (NCT2) has registered its 100,000th TEU cargo container recently, marking a milestone in maritime business in the Freeport.
PORTS
16 November 2015 - 23:22
Subic's NCT2 marks a milestone by taking delivery of 100,000th TEU
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