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Philippines's Department of Transportation (DOTr) has received and is studying a proposal to develop a common-user barge and RoRo terminal in the province of Cavite, Philippines.
DOTr says that the proposal, submitted by International Container Terminal Services, Inc., is in line with the agency's proposed national transport plan to move goods through nautical highways more efficiently.
The Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), as it will be called, will support government initiatives to decongest Manila's streets by reducing truck traffic on roads around the metropolitan area.
CGT will be located within a six-hectare property in Tanza, Cavite which was identified as the prime location for such a project primarily because of the province's high economic density. In addition to the Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), which houses over 400 actively operating companies, there are multiple areas of planned development within Cavite that can justify ICTSI's investment in a barge and RoRo terminal that will cost upwards of USD 30 million.
Phase 1 of CGT's development will support a total throughput of 115,000 TEUs per year. The net effect of transshipping cargo from Manila's ports to Cavite via barge and RoRo equates to approximately 140,000 fewer truck trips plying city roads on an annual basis.
