The Department of Transportation in Manila is studying a proposal to develop a common-user barge and roro terminal in the province of Cavite as part of plans to decongest the capital’s overloaded transportation systems.
The proposal, submitted by Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI), would see the so-called Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT located within a six-hectare property in Tanza, Cavite to the south of Manila.
Phase 1 of CGT’s proposed development would support a total throughput of 115,000 teu per year.
“The net effect of transshipping cargo from Manila’s ports to Cavite via barge and roro equates to approximately 140,000 fewer truck trips plying city roads on an annual basis,” ICTSI claimed in a release today.
