Davao to Open Second Berth Mid-2016
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Monday, November 16, 2015
Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) will start the operation of its rehabilitated second berth by July next year as it prepares to handle bigger cargo volume, reports Edge Davao.
Anflocor president and CEO Alexander N. Valoria said the company invested a total of P1.8 billion for the rehabilitation of the eight-hectare port in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. The rehabilitation started this year.
“We’re almost finished with the rehabilitation of the second berth,” Valoria said. “About 53 percent is already completed.”
Valoria said the two quay cranes for the second berth will arrive by first week of February next year.
“In effect, these will double the capacity of DICT of 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU),” Valoria said.
The port, designed to be Mindanao’s most modern container terminal with state-of-the-art equipment, commenced its commercial operation in 2013.