[Philippines]Iloilo Port

GENERAL INFORMATION

The new port of iloilo is strategically located at a new site apart from the old port facilities.  Situated in the Southern coast of Panay Island, it has one of the country's safest and most natural harbors.  Guimaras Island guards the port from violent storms and makes it ideal for harboring ships and cargoes.

TRADE AND COMMERCE

The Port of  Iloilo, considered the leading trade and commercial hub for Western Visayas is also one of the safest natural seaports of the world.  It has been serving international  shipping as early as 1855 handling  sugar and fertilizer shipments for international market.  Major trading activities were handled before in this areas as evidenced by the country's first recorded export of sugar.

The adapted perspective further shows that more tha 75% of the country's land area lies within 500 km radius of iLoilo encompassing Manila City and the nation's main industrial centers.  Thus, the port could well serve as consolidation center for both importable and exporbale commodities.  Within this area is a potential market of more than 32 million people.

On the port's potential of becoming the country''s distribution center for imported goods, it offers optimum accessibility for goods coming in from the ASEAN, Africa, the Middle East and even Europe.  As such, for the port to become an international transshipment point is a distinct possibility.

PORT PROFILE

Location Latitude 10o42’N Longitude 122 o35’E SE Coast of Panay Island, NW of Lapaz District and SW of Guimaras Straits, Port San Pedro, Iloilo City.

Port Limits Iloilo harbor is part of the Iloilo Strait bounded by imaginary lines at the north entrance from Dumangas River across the Iloilo Strait to Navalas Point on Guimaras Island and at the southern entrance by an imaginary line extending from the Lusaran Point, Guimaras Island to Surraga River in the municipality of San Joaquin Island of Panay.   The shoreline of the two (2) islands define the limits of Iloilo Harbor.
Total Port Area Old Foreign Pier     :  17,000 sq.m.
River Wharf            :   68,000 sq.m.
Iloilo Commercial Port Complex :  208,000 sq.m.
Back-up area/commercial         :     97,000 sq.m.
Operational Area                       :   111,000 sq.m.

Navigational Approach The Iloilo Strait connects with Panay Gulf and Guimaras Strait which leads to the Visayan Sea.  It  has a width of about 1.45 kilometers at its narrowest point and an average depth of 22 meters below MLLW.  Its shoreline is very irregular and it has two navigational entrances.  Their approaches are narrowed by the Iguana Bank on the west and the Siete Pecados Island on the east of the northern entrance and by Oton Bank on the southern entrance.  Water depots over these banks average 3.70 meters MLLW.

Entrance Channel Oton Bank, an extensive shoal of soft muddy sand, lies in the middle of southwest entrance to strait, extending about 13 km. long from a point to about 80 meters southwest of the mouth of the Iloilo River.   Vessels do not ordinarily attempt to cross it, but instead use the main channel between the bank and Guimaras Island
The northern entrance is divided into 2 channels by the Iguana Bank and deep water for navigation is adequate on either side.  Westward of the bank is a cluster of small rocky islets, called Siete Pecados where the lighthouse is located.
 
PORT FACILITIES / SERVICES
Berth/Draft Old Foreign Pier :     345 meters x 12 meters RC deck and           beams on R.C. piles ; 6 meters controlling draft
River Wharf        :   3,000 meters x 12 meters RC wharf; 4 meters controlling draft
Iloilo Commercial Port Complex : length 400 meters, width 26.26            meters; 400 m x 26.26 R.C. quay ; 10.5m controlling draft
Storage Facilities Old Foreign Pier :     9,200 sq.m. open storage
River Wharf        :      8,682 sq.m. open storage
Cargo Handling Visayan Veterans Port Services, Inc.
Bunkering Bunkers are available from Pilipinas Shell, Petroleum Corporation, Caltex Philippines Inc. and Petrophil Corporation.
Pilotage Compulsory for all vessels of 75 GRT and above.  Pilotage services are rendered by the Iloilo Harbor Pilots’ Association.
Towage Service Towage service by RETRANSCO of Lapus, Iloilo City, 36 hours prior notice is required.
Ship Repairs Service by J&H Marine Industries Corporation, Iloilo Dock and Engineering Company and Eastern Visayas Shipbuilders and Repair Company of Iloilo.
Ship Agents Maritime Agencies Services, Inc. Everett Steamship Corporation, Eastern Shipping lines, Island Integrated Offshore Services, Inc. Total Bulk Corporation.
Regular Shipping Companies Aboitiz Shipping Company, Amigo Shipping Company, New Panay Shipping Company, Negros Navigation Company, Sulpicio Lines, William Lines, Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Inc.
Electricity Panay Electric Company
Water Supply Sufficient water is available from the Iloilo Water Service Corporation.
Banking Philippine National Bank, Development Bank of the Philippines, Bank if the Philippine Islands, Far East Bank and Trust Company.