Nothing is straightforward in the Philippine ports industry and some times it is hard to take anything at face value. More than six months after a court order put a break on its fledgling commercial operations, Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) looks like a ghost town with its two idle Mitsubishi quay cranes and four RTGs. The injunction does not cover cargoes destined for or coming out of the Phividec Industrial Estate, but these have been too few and far between.

Plans to build a new international port on the central Philippines island of Cebu remain stalled by the huge cost involved, but the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is still hoping to get the project off the ground through a BOT scheme.

In a controversial volte-face, Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is poised to grant a fresh franchise to Oriental Port & Allied Services Corp (Opascor) for the strategic Cebu International Port (CIP) in the central Philippines.

Nothing is straightforward in the Philippine ports industry and some times it is hard to take anything at face value. More than six months after a court order put a break on its fledgling commercial operations, Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) looks like a ghost town with its two idle Mitsubishi quay cranes and four RTGs. The injunction does not cover cargoes destined for or coming out of the Phividec Industrial Estate, but these have been too few and far between.

Plans to build a new international port on the central Philippines island of Cebu remain stalled by the huge cost involved, but the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is still hoping to get the project off the ground through a BOT scheme.

In a controversial volte-face, Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is poised to grant a fresh franchise to Oriental Port & Allied Services Corp (Opascor) for the strategic Cebu International Port (CIP) in the central Philippines.