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THE
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has finished various
small port improvement projects in Visayas and
Mindanao during the February through April, according to its report
for the period.
The port
regulator said it completed its projects in facilities
in Ozamiz, Caticlan, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Caramcam in
Bislig City and Jagna in Bohol.
The
Ozamiz project includes extension of its wharf, land
reclamation, and placing of mooring and fendering
system, while the project in Caticlan involves the
construction of a new pier, a ramp for the
Roll-on/Roll off vessels, reclamation, and installation
of port lighting system.
Currently, the port agency is in the process of
completing 31 projects, including construction of a
cruise ship terminal for the Currimao port and a new
training center for the PPA in the Manila South Harbor.
Meanwhile, civil and marine work for the Phase II of the
Batangas Port is 70-percent complete as of March 25,
while the construction of port access road and fly-over
was computed at 63-percent complete, or slightly behind
schedule.
The
agency also disbursed P441.8 million for various
landowners whose lots would be used for the port
project. The amount includes the voluntary sale and the
zonal valuation payment to landowners covered by the
expropriation case.
Several
cases involving parcels of land in the Batangas Port are
still pending at the Supreme Court.
In a
related development, port officials flew to China in
March to inspect the plant where the equipment will be
manufactured. The report said that the required gantry
cranes and the rubber-tired gantries “have met the
requirements of the contract” and crane manufacturer
Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. will start the
construction.
The
Phase two of the
Batangas
Port,
which was funded by a loan from the Japan Bank for
International Cooperated, consists of dredging and
reclamation, construction of two foreign container cargo
berths, among others. |
