PORT UPDATE | Cebu South Harbor Container Terminal Port in Talisay City Cebu 🏗 UPDATE as of October 2021
🏗 Update on the P-10 Billion Cebu South Harbor Container Terminal Corp in San Roque Talisay City, Cebu
The 25-hectare port will cater to container and break bulk cargo operation and will put a pinmark for Talisay as the next center of progress in the historic island of Cebu.
Target Completion: 2018-2022
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On November 20, 2018, Johanna Marie O. Bajenting of Sunstar Cebu reports:
A P10-BILLION international port will soon rise in Talisay City.
The Cebu South Harbor and Container Terminal Services Corp. (CSHCTSC) will cater to containers and break bulk cargo operations, and is expected to generate hundreds of jobs for Talisaynons.
Cebu Port Authority General Manager Angelo Verdan said the port will be leased by the CSHCTSC for 25 years and that it was initially funded by the Department of Transportation, the CPA’s mother unit.
Verdan said that since the vicinity of the port is too shallow for vessels to dock, the private concessionaires will reclaim 25 hectares in waters off Talisay City, with the proper permits from the Philippine Reclamation Authority.
He said that while this port will compete with Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. (Opascor), both have their separate markets.
Verdan said that Opascor, the exclusive labor service provider, has an ongoing P1.1-billion construction of a finger port to augment the existing Cebu International Port (CIP).
According to Cecile Bitare, consultant of the CSHCTSC, the private and commercial port will be a state-of-the-art facility that will be a gateway for international ships.
“It will augment the flow of imports and exports. That will stimulate the growth of industries and sustain the economy of Cebu, with the expected increase in commerce. It will put Cebu in the arena of international ports,” she said.
The undertaking will reinforce the “Build, Build, Build” program of the administration, Bitare said.
“The CSHCTSC will build a mega-world harbor facility in this area of the sea through back-filling,” she said.
Construction is set to begin in early 2019 and is targeted to be completed in 2021.
The port will also decongest the CIP by providing another choice for port users, shipping lines and shippers.
“This port will cut the waiting time of ships, as it will supplement today’s berths at the CIP. Ship agents or shipping lines will realize reduction of vessel call costs if they are served immediately,” she said.
The port will have an area intended for reefer ships that are meant to transport perishables, and will support local suppliers of these products.
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