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The top three Philippine ports in terms of cargo throughput in 2023 were Manila International Container Terminal, Manila North Harbor, Semirara Coal Corp. private port, according to the Philippine Ports Authority
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MICT, Manila South Harbor and Manila North Harbor emerged as the leading container ports last year
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Other general cargo remained the top domestic and import commodity while metalliferous ores were the top export handled by Philippine ports in 2023
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Ports under PPA jurisdiction handled 272.46 million metric tons in 2023, 5.14% higher than the 259.13 million mt recorded in 2022
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Container traffic declined 5% to 7.50 million TEUs from 7.90 million TEUs in 2022
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has revealed the top ports and commodities in 2023.
The top three Philippine ports in terms of cargo throughput in 2023 were Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), Manila North Harbor, Semirara Coal Corp. private port, according to an infographic from the PPA website.
The seven other top ports are:
- Petron Corp./Bataan Refining Corp. private port
- Manila South Harbor
- Cagayan De Oro port
- BREDCO port
- Manila Multipurpose Terminal (formerly Manila Harbour Centre)
- Iloilo port
- Carrascal Nickel Corp. private port
MICT also led the list of top container ports based on volume last year. It was joined by:
- Manila South Harbor
- Manila North Harbor
- Batangas port
- Davao International Container Terminal
- Cagayan De Oro port
- KTC Container Terminal Corp.
- General Santos port
- Iloilo port
- BREDCO port
PPA ports handled 5% less twenty-footers to 7.50 million from 7.90 million twenty-foot equivalent units in 2022.
For roll on-roll off (ro-ro) traffic, top ports are Kudos Trucking Corp. private port, Batangas port, Dumangas port, Calapan port, Ozamiz port, Daima Shipping Corp. private port, Jordan port, Iloilo port, BREDCO port, and Matnog port.
Ro-ro traffic rose 7.29% to 10.78 million from 10.05 million in 2022.
Type 2 or cars, minivans, SUVs, AUVs, and jeepneys accounted for 3.41% or 3.81 million of the total ro-ro traffic in 2023. This was followed by Type 1 (motorcycles, scooters, tricycles) with 3.13 million or 29.08%, Type 4 (stake truck, heavy delivery van, bus, tractor head) with 2.58 million or 23.95%, and Type 3 (light delivery van, pickup truck, public utility jeepneys with more than 16-passenger capacity) with 1.24 million or 11.55%.
Leading passenger traffic ports last year were Iloilo port, Batangas port, Jordan port, Calapan port, BREDCO port, Babak port, Zamboanga port, Dumangas port, Tagbilaran port, and Buenavista government port.
Passenger traffic grew 24.40% to 73.63 million passengers in 2023 from 59.19 million in 2022.
Other general cargo remained the top domestic and import commodity while metalliferous ores were the top export handled by Philippine ports in 2023, according to PPA.
Ports under PPA’s jurisdiction handled 272.46 million metric tons (mt) in 2023, 5.14% higher than the 259.13 million mt recorded in 2022, according to an infographic from PPA’s website.
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Of the total, foreign cargoes accounted for 63.47% or 172.92 million mt of the total while domestic cargoes shared 99.54 million mt.
By type of packaging, dry bulk cargoes accounted for 46.19% or 125.85 million mt of the total, followed by containerized cargoes at 26.25% (71.52 million mt) and breakbulk with 11.74% (31.97 million mt).
Liquid bulk cargoes shared 15.82% (43.08 million mt) while transit cargo had the least share of 0.01% (27,216 mt).
The top 10 domestic commodities in 2023 were other general cargo, mineral fuels, refined petroleum, sand, cement; rock, stone, and gravel; limestone; other fuel and by-products; passenger motor cars, and other crude materials.
The top 10 import commodities handled last year were other general cargo, mineral fuels, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, cement, iron and steel; other crude materials, passenger motor cars, wheat, and soybean mill feeds.
In terms of exports, the top 10 commodities were metalliferous ores, other crude minerals, mineral fuels, other general cargo, native banana, sand, coconut oil, limestone, sulfuric acid, and native pineapples.
Shipcalls rose 18.22% to 562,888 vessels from 476,156 vessels in 2022. – Roumina Pablo