ICTSI to fast-track expansion plans

With the Manila truck ban lifted earlier this month, Philippines-based terminal operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is fast-tracking the construction of new yard facilities at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) and at a new 21-ha inland container depot (ICD) in Laguna.

ICTSI said it is speeding up the MICT expansion and inland depot, which will jointly add more than 20% to the existing static yard capacity without impacting traffic patterns.

“Even in its earliest stages of development, the new ICD alone will add new laden, empty, and warehousing capacity to the market, and will deliver a further 250,000 teu capacity to MICT,” said Christian Gonzalez, ICTSI head for Asia, Pacific and the Sub Continent.