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Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)

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SBMA road repairs

Road, slope repair projects at Subic Freeport to total P1.6B—SBMA

The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is spending P1.6 billion to rehabilitate roads and other public infrastructure including key drainage systems and critical slopes…
  • October 23, 2019
  • 3 minute read

Subic airport ready for commercial operations possibly by mid-2020—SBMA

Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) is expected to have new navigation equipment by year-end and to subsequently open for commercial operations by mid-2020, according…
  • October 4, 2019
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P1.6B capacity expansion works on Subic expressway begin

The P1.6-billion Subic Freeport Expressway (SFEX) capacity expansion project is well underway, according to toll road company NLEX Corp. and the Subic Bay Metropolitan…
  • July 19, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Reefer box with suspected swine fever-infected meat confiscated in Subic

A reefer container that is full of meat products suspected of being infected with the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus and that arrived at…
  • June 7, 2019
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Manila ships 69 containers of garbage back to Canada

The vessel carrying all 69 containers of Canadian waste finally left the Philippines for Canada on the morning of May 31, according to the…
  • May 31, 2019
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P60M in misdeclared sugar, fireworks seized in Subic

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently seized P60 million worth of misdeclared sugar and firecrackers that smugglers attempted to bring into the Philippines through…
  • April 30, 2019
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Subic container terminals post milestone, handle 200,000th TEU

Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC) capped 2018 with a milestone as New Container Terminals (NCT) 1 and 2 at the Subic Bay Freeport…
  • January 22, 2019
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PISFA officers check out Subic port, seek easier accreditation for port users

Key officials of the Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders Association (PISFA) visited Subic Freeport Zone last week to check out developments at the container terminals…
  • April 5, 2014
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Transport/storage most attractive as PH investment pledges plunge 43%

Foreign investment pledges dropped 42.7% to P132 billion fell sharply in the fourth quarter of last year from P230.2 billion in the same period…
  • March 23, 2014
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Export surge helps Subic Bay cargo volume rise 47%

A 47% surge in container throughput in 2012 powered by exports helped the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) reverse its losses in the previous…
  • April 9, 2013
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Export surge helps Subic Bay cargo volume rise 47%

A 47% surge in container throughput in 2012 powered by exports helped the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) reverse its losses in the previous…
  • March 30, 2013
  • 2 minute read

Subic’s New Container Terminal 1 traffic up 8% in 2011

The New Container Terminal 1 (NCT-1) in Subic Bay, north of Manila, recorded a 7.84% increase in cargo volume to 27,671 twenty-foot equivalent units…
  • March 19, 2012
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Vale Group starts Subic transshipment operations

The Vale Group of Brazil recently commenced transshipment operations at the Subic Bay freeport, two hours from the Philippine capital Manila. For its first…
  • February 17, 2012
  • 1 minute read

Hanjin orders for 2012 hit $4.9B

Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines (HHIC-P) has booked $4.9 billion in new ship orders for 2012. According to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA),…
  • December 29, 2011
  • 2 minute read

Subic-Clark Economic Corridor

WE recently attended the Philippines-Taiwan Joint Economic Conference held in Taipei. Part of discussions among government and private sector representatives was the promotion and…
  • February 23, 2009
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