Phoenix Petroterminals and Industrial Park Corp. (PPIPC), a Phoenix Petroleum Philippines subsidiary that owns and develops the Phoenix Petroterminals and Industrial Park in Batangas, inaugurated last week a new port facility that is seen to enhance its capability to accept more shipments from its locators and prospective locators.
Located in Puting Bato West, Calaca, Batangas, the L-shaped port facility has a pier deck measuring 120 meters by 18 meters, and a 9-meter-wide trestle equipped with fenders, bollards, lighting facilities, and mooring dolphins.
The port facility was inaugurated and blessed ahead of the opening of the power plant of South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation (SLTEC), one of the locators at the industrial park. The power plant is currently under construction and expected to be operational by the end of 2014.
The material-receiving facility of SLTEC is equipped with hoppers, conveyor system, and sprinklers to discharge its coal shipments to the pier deck direct to its coal yards for faster discharging and environment-friendly operations.
“The industrial park is an ideal location for companies that are looking for an area to put up their manufacturing plants, warehouses, storage tanks and other facilities, especially those that are reliant on water transport,” Phoenix said in a statement.
The 94-hectare Phoenix Petroterminals and Industrial Park straddles the three barangays of Salong, Puting Bato West, and Lumbang Calzada in Calaca, Batangas. Its port facilities are situated along the deepwater portions of Balayan Bay.
Aside from the power plant of SLTEC, the park is also home to the steel manufacturing plant of Steel Asia Manufacturing Inc., bulk solid warehouse of Arvin International Marketing, Inc., chemical storage facilities of Asian Chemicals Corporation and Philippine Prosperity Chemicals, Inc., and the biggest petroleum depot of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. in the country.
