Asian Terminals Inc. said its ports in Manila and Batangas are ready to accommodate more ships and cargoes for the peak season.
ATI executive vice president Andrew Hoad said quay crane production at Batangas Container Terminal stood at 32 gross moves per crane per hour in June while yard utilization remained below 50 percent, 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 keeping it on pace to exceed its 2016 record volume of nearly 160,000 TEUs.
Manila South Harbor also increased crane production, hitting 30 GMPH, while yard utilization remained at an optimum 70 percent.
MSH already broke its 2016 record by handling just short of 550,000 TEUs in the first half.
“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 said.