MONDAY July 12, 2017 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT: PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITYS 43rd ANNIVERSARY PortCalls 7

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PPA ready for global challenges as it marks 43rd anniversary

The Philippine Ports Authority
(PPA) is celebrating its 43rd founding
anniversary this week with the theme
43 years of Responding to Global
Challenges in Ports.
These challenges include continu-
ous improvement in port facilities that
would serve the expected increase in
trade volumes.
Cargo volumes
In 2016, the PPAwhich main-
tains 115 ports nationwide, 10 of
which are considered major gateways
and 16 hub portshandled 11.6%
more cargoes to 249.567 million
metric tons (mmt) from 223.672 mmt.
Foreign cargoes accounted for
151.604 mmt, up 12.62% from
134.620 mmt handled in 2015. Export
cargoes represented 74.822 mmt of
the 2016 foreign cargoes figure, a 23%
increase from 60.855 mmt. Import
cargoes, on the other hand, rose 4%
from 73.765 mmt to 76.781 mmt.
Domestic cargoes contributed
97.963 mmt to the total 2016 cargo
throughput from 89.051 mmt in 2015,
representing an improvement of 10%.
Container throughput
Container volume also posted
positive figures, rising 12% to 6.574
million twenty-foot equivalent units
(TEUs) in 2016 from 5.861 million
TEUs in 2015.
Foreign containers amounted to
3.973 million TEUs, up 14.11%,
while domestic boxes jumped 9.28%
to 2.6 million TEUs. Import boxes
reached 2.005 million TEUs and ex-
port containers 1.968 million TEUs,
up 15.4% and 12.8%, respectively.
Among the ports which registered
strong performance in 2016 were
the Manila International Container
Terminal and Manila South Harbor
for international cargoes, and North
Harbor, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and
Iloilo for domestic cargoes.
From 2010 up to the end of the first
semester of 2016, the PPA said it was
able to provide adequate facilities and
services to accommodate sustained
growth in cargo throughput, vessels
and passengers with an annual average
increase of 6.11%, 2.74% and 3.74%,
respectively.
Last year, PPA posted P6.159 bil-
lion in net profit, beating the target
by 165%, or by P3.836 billion.
The agency achieved the feat with
strong figures coming from lay-up fees,
roll on-roll off fees, berthing fees, and
remittances from port operator Asian
Terminals Inc.
The 2016 figure is 8% better against
the P5.705 billion registered in 2015.
For first five months of the year,
the agency reported a net income of
P3.97 billion, 31.9% higher than the
P3.007 billion recorded in the same
period last year, as a result of height-
ened shipping and trade activities at
ports it handles.
PPA is a member of the Billion-
aires Club, a group of government-
owned and controlled corporations
that remit to the national government
dividends that amount to at least a
billion pesos.
This year, the PPA is in its third
tranche of filling up another 25% of
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Congratulations to
PHILIPPINES PORTS AUTHORITY
on its 41st Anniversary

PPA ready for global challenges... Congratulations to

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PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY
Port of Manila ranks 36th among top 100 container ports on its 43rd Anniversary
In the Top 100 Container Ports report released by Lloyds List and Con-
tainerization International in 2016, the Port of Manila jumped two notches
to 36th place.
The report said the Philippines rose in rank, shielded from the China slow-
down that has affected emerging nations in 2015, and with government step- The Association
Our combined
ping up efforts to unlock bottlenecks in state spending and entice investment.
Port of Manila registered a 4.3% hike in container throughput, with prin- of International strengths and
cipal facility the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) posting a
4.4% increase in containers handled, the report showed.
Shipping Lines, Inc. efforts hoist
(AISL) is an association
Growth was recorded at the Port of Manila following the inauguration
of Berth 7 at the MICT, which included commissioning of four rubber-tyred of international shipping
the sails for
gantries; rollout of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) ahead
of anticipated increase in container movements prior to the Christmas holiday; lines which operate vessels in each of our
and revival of ICTSIs inland container depot in Laguna.
TABS is an electronic platform for booking containers in the two inter-
the Philippine foreign trade and members.
national ports of Manila. The system was developed in response to restrictive offer regular liner and containerized
road policies that were introduced to combat heavy congestion at Manila ports service. On behalf of our members, we
in 2014 as a result of the truck ban imposed by the Manila city government.
maintain effective relationships with govern-
vacant positions based on its Ration- the PPA are the modernization ment agencies and the private sector.
alization Plan. and development of the ports of As international trade responds to the growing
The agency completed 251 projects Davao-Sasa, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro,
worth P9.8 billion. These projects General Santos and Zamboanga Philippine economy, AISL remains committed to ensuring
have increased berth and back-up via privatization under the public- smooth sailing for each of its members.
areas, passenger seating capacity and private partnership arrangement,
ro-ro berths throughout the country. although other modalities are also
Ro-ro projects facilitated the car- being evaluated.
riage of goods and people, promoted These five ports have been identi-
domestic tourism, and reduced cargo fied by the PPA as both strategic and
slippage by at least 50% and costs by commercially important, with Davao-
30%, PPA said. Sasa being the priority target for devel- ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LINES, INC.
The agency also maintained ports opment but on a more cost-efficient Unit 204 Heritage Condominium, 1851 Dr. A. Vasquez St., Malate 1004, Manila, Philippines
in optimal operating conditions, result- level than was originally planned. Tel. Nos. (632) 524-3061 to 65 Fax No. (632) 521-5652 E-mail: aisl@pldtdsl.net Website: www.aisl.ph
ing in sustained safety and an average PPA is also in the process of DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS: Advance Container Lines, Pte. Ltd. APL Company Pte., Ltd. Australian National
annual increase in revenue of 10%. procuring vessel traffic management Line CK Line Co., Ltd. The China Navigation Company Pte. Ltd. CMA-CGM (The French Line) CNC Line
solutions (VTMS) equipment to cover COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. Eastern Shipping Lines, Inc. Evergreen Line Gold Star Line, Ltd. Hamburg
Sud (HSDG) Hapag-Lloyd Heung-A Shipping Co. Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
2017 and onwards five additional locations in addition Ltd. Korea Marine Transport Co., Ltd. Kyowa Line Maersk Line Mariana Express Lines, Ltd. MBF Carpenters
PPA recognizes the need to inte- to the ports of Batangas and Manila. Shipping MCC Transport Singapore MOL Namsung Shipping Co., Ltd. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
grate and align various port develop- However, the long-term intention is Orient Overseas Container Line Pacific International Lines Pte., Ltd. RCL Feeder Pte., Ltd. Sinokor Merchant
to install appropriate VTMS facilities Marine Co., Ltd. .Sinotrans Container Lines Co., Ltd. SITC Container Lines Co., Ltd TS Lines Ltd. Wan Hai
ments throughout the archipelago to Lines, Ltd. Westwind Lines, Ltd. Yangming Marine Transport Corp.
serve increasing demand. in most of the major ports to ensure
Within medium-term plans of offshore safety.