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Capacity for Manila port
Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) has taken various steps to expand its breakbulk operations in the port of Manila. The move follows rising cargo volumes and the deployment of larger ships by several of the company’s customers.
To accommodate their needs, HCPTI has increased the facility’s storage area threefold to 6,000t, repaved the yard area to both speed up cargo handling operations and allow better and safer access for trucks, and started to replace ageing cargo handling equipment. A conveyor belt system has, for instance, been completely refurbished.
In addition, HCPTI has rehabilitated sheet piles and erected a concrete wall to protect the western extremity of the terminal and allow barge and transfer operations to take place.
Longer term, the terminal management company wants to acquire more land to expand the operation further.
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This complete item is approximately 300 words in length, and appeared in the October 2016 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 8. To access this issue download the PDF here.
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