Cargo handled through ports owned and operated by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) declined for a fourth- straight month to September. Volume from the Manila South Harbor dropped the most. PPA data show that cargo throughput for the period shrunk to 109.6 million metric tons (MMTs), down by about 7 percent from 117.65 MMT a year earlier. Cargo that passed through the Manila South Harbor dropped nearly 30 percent equivalent to 2.66 MMT. Asian Terminals Inc. operates the port.
Cargo through the Port of Manila, which accounts for a third of the volume handled by the PPA, remained strong with a 16-percent increase in throughput contributed by the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). That was an increase of about 1.8 MMT.
“The growth is directly attributed to the shipment of domestic cargoes from other local ports intended for export and importation of raw materials, as well as growth in the exportation of manufactured goods,” the PPA said in its report.
Ports that posted increases in cargo handling were the Manila North Harbor, San Fernando, Calapan, Puerto Princesa, Iloilo, Pulupandan, Tacloban and Ozamis.
Other ports that posted declines for the period were Cagayan de Oro, down more than 50 percent; Surigao, 43 percent; Nasipit, 27 percent; and 11 percent each for Batangas, Ormoc and Dumaguete.
A positive trend in foreign cargo volume for both import and export was recorded in the Manila North Harbor, the MICT, San Fernando, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban, Ozamis, Davao and General Santos, the PPA said.
“However, [the growth] was not sufficient to offset the greater decrease in the other ports, thus, ultimately registering an overall decrease in foreign cargoes,” the PPA said.
Containerized cargo, meanwhile, grew by 6 percent, or about 176,415 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) more for the period.
The combined container volume handled by the MICT and Manila South Harbor accounts for more than half of the total nationwide throughput of 1.8 million TEU.
On the other hand, passenger volume for the nine-month period reached 32.77 million people, or slightly below the year-earlier volume.
The PPA said Aboitiz SuperFerry vessels reduced trip frequencies that caused passenger volume to shrink by 10 percent at South Harbor. Iloilo was down by 4 percent and General Santos by 40 percent.
Ship calls declined by half a percentage point to 234,808 from 233,546 in the same period last year.
Cargo through the Port of Manila, which accounts for a third of the volume handled by the PPA, remained strong with a 16-percent increase in throughput contributed by the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). That was an increase of about 1.8 MMT.
“The growth is directly attributed to the shipment of domestic cargoes from other local ports intended for export and importation of raw materials, as well as growth in the exportation of manufactured goods,” the PPA said in its report.
Ports that posted increases in cargo handling were the Manila North Harbor, San Fernando, Calapan, Puerto Princesa, Iloilo, Pulupandan, Tacloban and Ozamis.
Other ports that posted declines for the period were Cagayan de Oro, down more than 50 percent; Surigao, 43 percent; Nasipit, 27 percent; and 11 percent each for Batangas, Ormoc and Dumaguete.
A positive trend in foreign cargo volume for both import and export was recorded in the Manila North Harbor, the MICT, San Fernando, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban, Ozamis, Davao and General Santos, the PPA said.
“However, [the growth] was not sufficient to offset the greater decrease in the other ports, thus, ultimately registering an overall decrease in foreign cargoes,” the PPA said.
Containerized cargo, meanwhile, grew by 6 percent, or about 176,415 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) more for the period.
The combined container volume handled by the MICT and Manila South Harbor accounts for more than half of the total nationwide throughput of 1.8 million TEU.
On the other hand, passenger volume for the nine-month period reached 32.77 million people, or slightly below the year-earlier volume.
The PPA said Aboitiz SuperFerry vessels reduced trip frequencies that caused passenger volume to shrink by 10 percent at South Harbor. Iloilo was down by 4 percent and General Santos by 40 percent.
Ship calls declined by half a percentage point to 234,808 from 233,546 in the same period last year.