ATI port expansion projects in full swing; sets P8B capex

May 03, 2018

Major infrastructure projects are in full swing at Manila South Harbor and Batangas Port as Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) further builds capacity and increase efficiency at the country’s vital trade gateways to support the growing economy. 

Aligned with the government’s Build-Build-Build program, ATI is spending a minimum of Php8.0 billion in capital investment this year to deliver better, faster and safer ports and logistics services to the country’s supply-chain.

In Manila, more cargo storage spaces are coming online with the near completion of Blocks 143 and 145 adjacent to South Harbor’s main container yard and the in-filling of the engineering island basin next to Pier 3.

Last April, two brand new ZPMC Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes were delivered at Pier 3,further boosting South Harbor’s capability to handle more cargoes and bigger ships with faster vessel turnaround times.  

Completion of the expansion projects, alongside continuous investment in modern systems and technologies, will increase South Harbor’s annual container handling capacity to over 1.4 million teus (twenty foot equivalent units) by 2019 from its current yearly throughput of 1.25 million teus.

At Batangas Port, major development projects are also taking shape as ATI expands the port’s role in enabling trade in Southern Luzon and decongesting Metro Manila roads, in support of government’s vision for more inclusive countryside growth.

Civil works are underway to extend the quay length and expand the container yard of Batangas Container Terminal (BCT), which will be followed by the deployment of two additional STS cranes and four more Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes within the year. This will increase BCT’s fleet of STS and RTG cranes to four and eight,respectively, effectively increasing its annual capacity to over 450,000 teus.

Meanwhile,the construction of the multilevel car storage facility (MCSF) for completely-built car units (CBU) is also nearing completion. Upon full operation by the 3rd quarter of this year, the five-storey MCSF will push Batangas Port’s storage capacity to nearly 13,000 CBUs at any given time, cementing its leadership position as the preferred and biggest car carrier port in the country.

The series of projects form part of ATI’s long-term investment commitment with government through the Philippine Ports Authority.