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Batangas port’s cargo volume jumped 1,200% in January

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Batangas Container Terminal’s cargo volume increased by 1,200 percent in January from a year ago, operator Asian Terminals Inc. said Wednesday.

ATI said BCT handled over 12,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units in January, as it continued to expand its role as a comprehensive port alternative for Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon).

ATI said in a statement BCT’s volume was expected to further pick up in the coming months, after it recently completed the dredging of the Batangas Port’s entrance channel and deepened the turn basin to 13 meters.

This gives carriers the capability to maximize their loadings and gives maximum port rotation flexibility when planning new market connections for Batangas, it said.

ATI said the major contributor to BCT’s volume was intra-Asia carrier MCC Transport, which regularly deployed two weekly services via Batangas.

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MCC’s Philippine Feeder 6 service offers faster connectivity between Batangas, Hong Kong and Yantian and cuts transit time by more than half for Batangas imports from North Asia via Hong Kong transshipment.

Meanwhile, MCC’s Intra-Asia 9 service offers direct export connectivity to Hong Kong and Yantian, as well as export transshipment to major Japan ports via Hong Kong.

IA9 also facilitates direct and faster imports from Tanjung Pelepas and Singapore to Batangas.

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