The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Cebu Port Authority (CPA) recently broke ground on the New Cebu International Container Port (NCICP) project in Central Visayas.

The new port terminal will ease congestion at the existing Cebu Base Port as it will open up space for vessels and cargoes, ensuring efficient and faster turnaround of commercial vessels, while improving handling ang container stacking facilities, said DOTr.

Targeted for completion by the second quarter of 2028, the NCICP will be built on a 25-ha reclaimed island with a 500-m berth length and a water depth of -12 m to accommodate two 2,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) vessels. It will also be equipped with five quay cranes, and a 1,365-m access road to connect the new port through a 300-m offshore bridge.

DOTr further highlighted that the new port will alleviate bottlenecks in the logistics chain, promoting faster and more cost-efficient transport of goods, while enhancing the competitiveness of local businesses and industries.

The Php16.93-billion NCICP project is funded through an official development assistance (ODA) scheme under the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) and transaction adviser International Finance Corporation of the World Bank.

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