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Article: Philippines: PPA in talks with Japan firms to transfer cargo to Batangas.
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- November 3, 2009
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Byline: deepak03
THE government is in talks with Japan to convince some Japanese companies based in the Southern Tagalog area to divert some of their cargoes to Batangas Port Phase II, a terminal that has been idle for about two years now.
Batangas Port manager Alex Cruz said that they have met with members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) last week and with representatives of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines Inc. to show them the facilities, which could accommodate about 350,000 twenty-foot equivalent units per year.
The said port area still has hectares of unused lots, which could be used by ...