Operating prices declined via 2.Fifty six percentage to P4.49 billion from P4.Sixty one billion a yr earlier. However, non-working rate extended by using 81 percentage to P145.02 million from best P80.Eleven million registered in the January-September 2015 duration.
Combined yard utilization at the 2 Manila ports is presently at 65 percent, or about 52,900 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in the terminals, whilst yard productiveness stays high, ranging from 20 to 30 movements an hour.
PPA stated the green yard control for both terminals was attributable particularly to the truck Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) imposed currently that catapulted port performance by way of at least 96 percent, a view that changed into shared through both Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), and International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), the operators of the 2 principal terminals at Manila.
Prior to implementation of TABS, the average every day gate-outs at the Manila ports become at 4,500 to five,000 TEUs, in comparison with the publish-TABS imposition of 7,000 to 7,500 TEUs day by day gate-outs.
The latest decision of the Metro Mayors, through the Inter-Agency Council on Traffic to suspend number-coding “window hours” for non-public motors, is likewise predicted to further ease the withdrawal and deposit of containers at the Manila Ports, mainly Christmas cargoes, the PPA said.