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Mindanao terminal box throughput up 5.5% in Q1
May. 2 | Container volume at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Misamis Oriental southern Philippines grew 5.5% to 54,133 twenty-foot equivalent units for the first quarter of the year from 51,282 TEUs year-on-year. Compared to the target of 52,000 TEUs,...
Better trade to boost ATI volumes
May. 2 | Manila’s South Harbor operator Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) sees better cargo volume for this year due to improving trade in the Philippines. Newly installed executive vice president Andrew Hoad said import and export container volumes will continue...
Hutchison Ports Indonesia to invest $100 million in JITC expansion
May. 2 | PT Hutchison Ports Indonesia (HPI) will invest US$100 million in the expansion of the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. “In order to realize the country’s potential as an economic powerhouse in the region,...
PH cargo throughput up 1% in Jan
Apr. 26 | Philippine cargo throughput increased slightly in January due to improved export volumes. Cargo volume grew 1.08% to 12.872 million metric tons (mmt) from 12.537 mmt in January 2011, according to latest data from the Philippine Ports Authority. Domestic...
North Harbor plans get green light from PH ports agency
Apr. 26 | The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) Board of Directors has finally approved proposed port development plans for Terminal I Phase I of North Harbor submitted by operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc (MNHPI). For completion next year, the plans include...
Strong exports boost volumes at MICT
Apr. 26 | The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) expects cargo volume to further increase this year due to strong export volumes. “There has been a significant improvement in volume due to the improving export sector,” said MICT general manager...
PH ecozone agency pushes full use of Batangas Port
Apr. 26 | It is the best port in the country, was how Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA) director general Lilia de Lima described the newly modernized Batangas Port. And yet, the port, two hours south of the capital Manila, is little used. “We are now working...
Phase 1 of Indonesia’s Kalibaru Port to cost $2.47 B
Apr. 25 | State port operator Pelindo II is increasing its investment in the Kalibaru Port project, with the first phase costing more than US$2 billion. The earlier commitment was $1.9 billion for the entire project. Richard Joost Lino, Pelindo II president director,...
First-quarter gains soften Asian cargo dip for Schiphol
Apr. 25 | Schiphol Cargo Senior VP Enno Osinga Despite continuing shortfalls in its top two markets of Asia and North America during the first three months of 2012, gains in other markets have seen Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s total cargo throughput hold up well,...
