Cebu ports rack up 34% cargo growth from Jan-Sept

Cebu ports handled 44.120 million metric tons (mt) of cargoes in the first nine months of 2019, up 34.4% from the 32.819 million mt…

Port of Cebu cargo-handling charges rise 5% from Oct 19

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) began implementing on Oct 19 a 5% increase in cargo-handling charges for foreign cargoes at the Port of Cebu.…

Cebu port expands capacity with launch of P1B finger pier

Cebu International Port’s (CIP) annual capacity has been increased to 900,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) with the inauguration of its new P1-billion finger pier.…

Cebu ports log 4.3% hike in 2018 container throughput

Container traffic at Cebu ports in 2018 grew 4.3% to 953,739 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from 914,520 TEUs handled in 2017, data from the…

Cebu port enlarging yard, opening spaces for dangerous goods, empties

Cebu International Port (CIP) cargo-handler Oriental Port and Allied Services Corporation (OPASCOR) is implementing a series of projects to further expand capacity at the…

Cebu port posts 3% hike in 2017 container volume

Container traffic at Cebu ports grew 2.9% in 2017 to 914,520 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from 888,249 TEUs in 2016, data from Cebu Port…

Cebu port revises rules on free storage period extension for cargoes

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has revised the guidelines for granting an extension of the free storage period for cargoes at the Port of…

Cebu port cargo throughput 8.4% higher in first half

Cargo volume at Cebu’s port increased 8.4% in the first half of 2017 to 18.971 million metric tons (mmt) from 17.502 mmt in the…

Cebu container terminal construction set to begin mid-2018

Construction of the new P9.2-billion Cebu International Container Port (CICP) is expected to start in July 2018 and end three years later, according to…

Cebu port sets cut-off delivery time for export cargo undergoing weighing

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is imposing a delivery cut-off period for outbound/export shipments that have been weighed before loaded onto a vessel at…

NEDA ICC oks P9.3B Cebu International Port proposal

The proposed P9.3-billion Cebu International Port (CIP) to be situated in Barangay Tayud, Consolacion was approved by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)…

Cebu Port Authority rewrites rules on verified gross mass

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has issued a new policy revising the implementation of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention verified gross…

Cebu port revises storage rates for foreign cargoes starting Feb 24

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is adjusting storage rates on foreign cargoes at the Cebu International Port (CIP) beginning February 24. The revision in…

Cebu port cargo volume up 21% in first semester

The Port of Cebu hummed with activity in the first six months of 2015, registering healthy growth in overall cargo volume, box traffic, ship…

NEDA to decide on fate of P9B Cebu international seaport

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will seek approval from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board to construct a P9-billion international…

Cebu Port leases 1.2 hectares to extend container yard

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has rented a nearby lot to expand yard space for cargoes and clear congestion at the Cebu International Port (CIP).…

Cebu port cargo volume sees 14% growth in 2014

Cargo throughput at Cebu port jumped 14.31% to 34.904 million metric tons (mmt) in 2014 from 30.534 mmt in 2013, latest data from the…

New P7B container terminal in Cebu mulled

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is eyeing construction of a P7-billion peso container facility in the Southern Philippines city of Cebu to accommodate increasing…