PPA: Yard utilization rate bumubuti, walang port congestion ngayong January 2023

PPA: Yard utilization rate bumubuti, walang port congestion ngayong January 2023

February 18, 2023 @ 11:30 AM 1 month ago


MANILA, Philippines- Iniulat ng Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) nitong Huwebes na bumubuti na ang yard utilization rate ng bansa, at sinabing walang congestion o sa lahat ng saklaw na ports sa nakalipas na buwan.

“The PPA has assured the public that there is no congestion nor backlog in all its covered ports as the year starts,” pahayag ng ahensya.

Batay sa datos ng PPA hanggang nitong February 14, nakapagtala ang Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) ng 54.65% yard utilization rate, habang ang Manila South Harbor ay may rate na 58.12%, mas mababa kumpara noong December 2022 sa 78% at 68%.

“Yard utilization is naturally dropping back to the optimal rate which is 50% or below now that the holiday season is over,” anang PPA.

Subalit, inihayag ng ahensya na nananatiling “high” ang container traffic sa loob ng mga port.

Iniulat ng PPA na ang bilang ng containers na nag-ooverstay sa MICT ay bumaba sa 7,765 containers o 12480.75 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) hanggang nitong January 31 mula sa 12,919 containers o 20,990 TEUs noong December 2022.

Sinabi ni PPA general Manager Jay Santiago na bumubuti na ang yard utilization rate kumpara sa holiday rush noong December ng nakaraang taon.

“As much as possible po, we try to accommodate them in PPA terminals, but we cannot accommodate them all, we can only accommodate empty containers [for a] number of days before ship out dahil kung hindi po, mapupuno naman yung terminal natin ng puro empty container more than laden container or yung mga may laman po, yung papasok pa lamang,” sabi ni Santiago.

“We’re still optimistic, we are looking at a 7 to 8% growth this year as far as cargo traffic is concerned.”

“As you know, we are a consumption economy so even if a lot of other jurisdictions experience some form of recession, our country continues on consuming and as our population grows, consumption will eventually get higher and higher,” patuloy niya. RNT/SA