Cavite Gateway Terminal Scheduled to Open in November
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is ready to start the operations of the country’s first container barge port, the Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) at Tanza, Cavite this coming November 5.
Cavite Gateway Terminal to start its operations in November/ IMAGE Department of Transportation’s Facebook page
The CGT is another project included in this year’s line-up of completed projects from Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build Program. In cooperation with the DOTr, the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) privately funded the CGT project, which started its construction last October 2017.
Its goal is to accept cargo coming from international ports in Manila going to Cavite with the use of Roll-on, Roll-off or RoRo boat operations. It is also expected to help ease the traffic in major roads in Manila by transporting cargo and people into waterways instead, said DOTr.
IMAGE Department of Transportation’s Facebook page
With a capacity equal to 115,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, the terminal’s construction should result in an approximate of 140,000 fewer trucks every year, reducing road traffic once it starts its operation this November.
One of its features is its access to other major Luzon port facilities aiming a cost-effective and time-bound entree to the Cavite market, being only 11 kilometers away from the Cavite Export Processing Zone Authority (CEPZA). According to DOTr, passenger ferry services will also be pursued soon following discussions between the government and the operator.
Cavite Gateway Terminal on its 98% completion rate/ IMAGE Department of Transportation’s Facebook page
Set to attend the inauguration of the new port terminal are President Rodrigo Duterte, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, DOF Secretary Sonny Dominguez, DBM Secretary Ben Diokno, NEDA Secretary Ernesto Pernia, BCDA President Vince Dizon, and officials from concerned Local Government Units (LGUs).
Sources: Department of Transportation Facebook page, Philippine News Agency
Images courtesy of Department of Transportation
