International Container Terminal Services Inc. said the movement of goods in the northern and central Luzon markets has improved due to its new logistic facility at the Subic Bay Freeport.
Launched last year, the Container Freight Station is one of Subic Bay International Corp.’s value-added services, which envisioned to serve as a regional distribution center.
“The CFS is a multi-user logistics facility especially beneficial for the growing e-commerce and m-commerce markets such as businesses looking into Amazon style same day delivery services into major urban areas in Region 3 and certain parts of the Greater Manila Area. Big box retailers can likewise use the CFS as the consolidated centers for their Northern and Central Luzon stores,” SBITC head Roberto Locsin said.
The CFS has allotted areas for import and export, dangerous goods and customs inspection. It can expand double its capacity and is capable of stuffing and stripping eight containers simultaneously. It is the first and only facility of its kind in Central Luzon.
“Luzon businesses can benefit from SBITC’s direct services to all of the major intra-Asia ports which provides access to the rest of the world. Many of the same vessels that call Manila now call Subic and in many cases, transit times have improved to the same destinations,” he added.
Recently, Evergreen Marine Corp., Taiwan’s largest shipping company, launched its Korea-Taiwan-Philippines service in Subic and included ICTSI’s New Container Terminals (NCT) 1 and 2 to its port rotation. The service plies the ports of Incheon and Kwang Yang, South Korea; Kaoshiung, Taiwan; and Batangas and Subic Bay, Philippines.
“With the Subic Bay Freeport serving as the gateway of Northern and Central Luzon to global markets, ICTSI has positioned itself as the company that would facilitate the efficient movement of products in the area. Its establishment of the CFS adds value to its operations and, in turn, improve its clients’ productivity,” Locsin said.