Maritime News and Discussions

[Lucentino]

Originally Posted by PaoloMig

Its against the Law!...
No its against the Wall...

pinoy talaga oo tsk tsk...

Nice pics (except for this one)... didn't know Ormoc has a nice port... I always thought the major city in Leyte is Tacloban...

[PaoloMig]

we are second to tacloban.tanx

[Lucentino]

PROPOSED LUCENA PORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
PORT OF LUCENA, LUCENA CITY


Scope of Works:
1. Concrete Pavement for Back-Up Area
2. Drainage System
3. Port Lighting System

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the Corporate Budget of the Authority for CY 2006, intends to apply the sum of P44,023,165.43 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Proposed Lucena Port Improvement Project, Port of Lucena, Lucena City (LFP SOLUZ 008-2006). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at Bid opening.

Further information may be obtained from the following:

BAC Secretariat: Telephone Nos. 527-47-35
527-83-56 loc. 316
PPA Website: www.ppa.com.ph

[Lucentino]

Originally Posted by PaoloMig

we are second to tacloban.tanx

i heard a lot of good things about Ormoc... how is gov. arnold?

[PaoloMig]

Originally Posted by Lucentino

i heard a lot of good things about Ormoc... how is gov. arnold?

sorry.i only represent ormoc

[kikodj]

ports visit namen dati sa subic around july to
nakatulog ako sa bus e kya pag gising ko andun na sa location
kya di ko alam yung exact place

seaport construction



brand new gantry crane nila with some mapuan students..




saang lugar ba to??? hehehehehe pero sa subic to

[bongskie09]

Port of Manila (South Harbor/MICT)


sorry for the poor resolution. taken inside suite room 1 of SF16 and was taken 15/05/06 and not 15/05/05

[jameslab8470]

Originally Posted by FrancisXavier

do ships get into the river?

Before. Pero di ko alam kung kelan pa yun. There's a port kasi sa Butuan City, about 5 min ride lang from the City Center. It is located along the Agusan River. May barko naka daong dun. Sabi nila, mga light cargo ships lang ang pumapasok sa river. Baka kasi masayad ang mga barko sa river bed.


Anyway, May plano ang government as well as the LGU here in Butuan City na they will do dredging ang Agusan River ang will built a very large port area sa Butuan. I think it was posted at the Butuan thred few years ago. It will be the largest port sa Eastern Mindanao. But until now, wala pa development. Pero may contractor na sila nakuha. Ang hinhintay nalang nila ay ang budget from the National Government.

[diehardbisdak]

pics by @markiiboi


Cebu International Port





Cebu Domestic Port

[diehardbisdak]

pics by @markiiboi


One of the nice buildings you can see at Cebu's Domestic Port is the Malacanang of Cebu

[FrancisXavier]

para tuloy along the river din...

[diehardbisdak]

more pics from @markiiboi


Cebu Int'l.Port during the Sinulog Fluvial Procession (with the soon-to-open hotel owned by SM Group on the background)




Port in Mandaue (with the U/C Cebu Boardwalk Mall on the background)

[habagatcentral1]

Iloilo River Wharf and the Aduana (Customs House)
image hosted on flickr


image hosted on flickr


image hosted on flickr

[bustero]

The story of the PHilippines, in Airports in Pal , in ports it's ICTSI


NEDA at loggerheads with PPA over liberalization of port facilities
By Des Ferriols
The Philippine Star 02/01/2007

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is at loggerheads with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) over the liberalization of the country’s ports facilities, calling for Congress to overhaul the port agency’s mandate.

In yesterday’s joint session of the economic affairs committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, NEDA chief Romulo Neri said the PPA’s commercial and regulatory functions should be separated to pave the way for liberalizing port facilities in the country.

According to Neri, the conflicting mandate of the PPA has created a block in the effort to liberalize port facilities and allow other players to come in without being stopped by existing players.

"We need competition in ports development and operations because that is the only thing that will bring down costs," Neri told the joint economic affairs committee. "Right now, it is considered one of the most expensive ports in the region."

According to Neri, a serious initiative has to be taken to separate PPA’s commercial operations from its regulatory functions.

This, however, would require a radical change in the agency’s core mandate, requiring legislative action to amend Presidential Decrees No. 505 and 857 which created the PPA.

According to Neri, PPA general manager Oscar Sevilla was adamantly against allowing other port operators to operate particularly at the Port of Manila where the International Container Terminal Inc. (ICTSI) holds an exclusive contract.

Neri told the committee that another company, Harbor Center Port Terminal Inc., has been trying to get a permit to handle containers at the port but the PPA was against the entry of another player.

According to Sevilla, on the other hand, the PPA had no objections against legislative action that would rationalize the agency’s functions, including the separation of its commercial and regulatory functions.

"There is nothing we can do if Congress changes our mandate," Sevilla said. "But while our mandate is as it is, then we would have to operate accordingly."

Sevilla explained that Harbor Center already has an existing permit to handle the containers of its locators. If the company wanted full container operations, he said it could file an application with the PPA board of directors.

"I advised them that they can’t because they might end up losing their existing permits," Sevilla said.

According to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, (PIDS), limited competition started at the port of Manila when HCPT was issued the permit by PPA in 2003 to handle foreign break-bulk cargoes.

As a result, PIDS said HCPTI reported handing 80 percent of the foreign breakbulk traffic normally handled at the South Harbor because the facility claimed to provide better service and lower cost with HCPT charges about 50 percent lower than PPA rates.

North Harbor, South Harbor and HCPT all compete for domestic cargoes, whether breakbulk or containerized. South Harbor and HCPT compete for foreign break-bulk cargoes.

PIDS said ICTSI has the permit but was not actively competing in this market. Instead, ICTSI is concentrated on the foreign containerized cargo market.

Only MICT and South Harbor compete for foreign containerized cargoes despite the capacity of HCPT to compete in this market.

"PPA has not issued HCPT the permit to handle foreign containerized cargoes to date in spite of HCPT’s satisfaction of PPA’s requirements for the issuance of the permit," PIDS said.

[Lucentino]

Originally Posted by PaoloMig

sorry.i only represent ormoc

thats the spirit of patriotism and loyalty... keep it up & regards to warays!

[Lucentino]

Originally Posted by diehardbisdak

pics by @markiiboi


One of the nice buildings you can see at Cebu's Domestic Port is the Malacanang of Cebu

i see a navy boat docked nearby... looks like its heavily guarded at sea...

[portludlow]

Water taxis’ on Pasig River run next week
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...ice2_feb3_2007
Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza said the so-called “Water Taxi” on Pasig River will start operating next week.

He said two passenger boats and four stations will be launched with two more boats and six stations to follow.

The vessels have undergone testing and inspection including the completed terminals.

Mendoza said 14 stations would form part of the Pasig River Ferry Service of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission.

“Supposed to be 14 stations. The four in Marikina, are under study because the river there is somewhat narrow,” he said.

He said the stations that were ready for use were those at Guadalupe Viejo, Makati; Sta. Ana, Manila; Plaza Mexico, Intramuros; and Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila.

Chairman Thompson Lantion of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said the agency would also deploy public utility jeepneys at the stations to pave the way for intermodal transportation in the metropolis.

The ferry project with an estimated price tag of at least P250 million is aimed at a reliable, safe and efficient transport system while complementing the capital region’s predominantly land-based transport system.

The 17-km route will reduce the travel time to downtown Manila to 40 to 45 minutes against the one-and-a-half hour by land, said Mendoza.

The construction of the stations is bankrolled by the commission using a portion of the fund that the Asian Development Bank earmarked to rehabilitate Pasig River. Florante S. Solmerin

[AH-7Raja]

Any photos of our new Ferry boats for the pasig river? Thank you.

[richard24]

i posted these on the pasig river thread a few weeks ago....







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hindi ba magkakaroon ng station ang eastwood at rockwel?

[portludlow]

How many passengers will fit in there? If this project will show that it is an efficient way of transportation, they will probably need larger ferry boats.