TIM eMagazine Vol.2 Issue 6
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sian Terminals Inc.’s (ATI) international container
ports in Manila and Batangas are performing at
optimum production and utilization levels, ready
for the peak season, a senior company official said
on Tuesday.
Andrew Hoad, ATI executive vice president,
said that quay crane production at Batangas
Container Terminal (BCT) stood at 32 gross moves
per crane per hour (GMPH) in June while yard
utilization remained below 50%, demonstrating its capacity to handle
more ships and cargoes.
GMPH is an efficiency measure indicating how fast a quay crane moves
containers from ship to shore in an hour.
BCT ended the first half of 2017 handling over 93,000 TEUs (twenty-
foot equivalent units), marking another mid-year record for the terminal
and keeps it on pace of exceeding its 2016 record volume of nearly
160,000 teus.
Since 2010, BCT has grown as a trade facilitator in Calabarzon (Cavite,
Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), serving as government’s effective
partner in decongesting Manila roads.
Meanwhile, Manila South Harbor (MSH) has further increased crane
production, hitting 30 GMPH, while yard utilization remains at an
optimum 70%. For the January to June 2017 period, MSH has already
broken its 2016 record by handling just short of 550,000 TEUs.
“Overall, the two terminals are operating at an optimum range of
yard capacity and are ready to take more volumes heading into the
peak season in line with the growth of the Philippine economy,” Hoad
emphasized.
In 2016, MSH achieved a record milestone handling over one million
TEUs for the first time which triggered a concession clause for more
equipment deployment and port development. In line with this, MSH will
take delivery of two more quay cranes during the 1st quarter of 2018, with
additional pier length development through 2019.
Its outstanding operational performance last year has led ATI to win
the 2016 Best Terminal Award in Asia Pacific from its foreign shareholder
partner DP World. ATI outperformed 9 other DP World-affiliated terminals
located throughout China, Korea and Southeast Asia. asianterminals.
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