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Asian Terminals Inc. is eyeing the third barge that will ply between Tanza Barge Terminal and Manila South Harbor within this year as demand for the service grows
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With the additional barge, services will increase to nine trips a week from the current six
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ATI assistant vice president for commercial, ports & terminals Reginald Rivera noted that with the service, there are fewer trucks plying the roads, particularly Roxas Boulevard, while also being more environment-friendly with less carbon dioxide emissions
Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) is eyeing the planned third barge that will ply between Tanza Barge Terminal (TBT) in Cavite and Manila South Harbor within this year as demand for the service grows, a company official said.
TBT is currently served by two barges providing six trips per week to and from the ATI-operated Manila South Harbor, handling import and export shipments from locators of MetroCas Industrial Estates Special Economic Zone (MIE-SEZ).
With the addition of another barge, services will increase to nine trips a week, ATI assistant vice president for Commercial, Ports & Terminals Reginald Rivera told PortCalls at the sidelines of the recent Logistics Services Philippines 2026 Conference & Exhibit.
The barges can carry more than 100 forty-foot equivalent units each way and are operated by DP World, ATI’s strategic foreign shareholder.
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Rivera noted that with the service, there are fewer trucks plying the roads, particularly Roxas Boulevard in Manila, while also being more environment-friendly with less carbon dioxide emissions.
Located within MIE-SEZ in Tanza, Cavite, TBT officially opened in 2024 and is designed to handle almost 240,000 twenty-foot equivalent units annually. It is managed by ATI-subsidiary Tanza Container Terminal Inc. (TCTI).
With its container yard, causeway, berth, jetty, breakwater and deck facilities, the barge terminal is projected to save around 150,000 truck trips yearly.
The barge berth has two fixed harbor cranes, with the four-hectare yard complemented by two reach stackers and four internal transfer vehicles.
TCTI has also been granted by the Bureau of Customs a license to operate as an inland container terminal and container yard.— Roumina Pablo
