PIA Press Release
2008/09/03
by Prix D Banzon
Davao City (3 September) -- The need to expand and maintain the Davao Fishport Complex (DFC) as an international fishport would attract other foreign fishing vessels to call the port in Davao City.
DFC manager Mario Malinao during Tuesday's Davao Business Forum at SM City's MediSpa said they need to upgrade the facilities to attract other foreign commercial fishing vessels to ship their cargo here.
The fishport which is located in a 4.5 hectares land is the second smallest port among the eight fishports in the country.
The country has three fishports in Mindanao. Aside from Davao the other two are located in General Santos City and Zamboanga City, one in Iloilo City for the Visayas and four in Luzon.
But being the only transshipment port in the Philippines Malinao said the fishport has lot of potentials saying that good facilities would attract other fishing vessels.
He said there are 5,000 foreign fishing vessels operating in the international waters in the Pacific and Davao Fishport todate only gets 300 to 320 of them.
These vessels are being managed and facilitated by the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) based in Guam composed of at least 40 countries with the Philippines as a member.
Other competitors of Davao as transshipment port are Guam, Palau and Bitung but the Davao port has an advantage over the two (Palau and Bitung) because of the regular flight from Davao which carry the tuna for auction to California, USA, Vancouver, Canada, Tokyo, Fukuda and Osaka in Japan.
The tuna has to be shipped fresh (chilled) and must reach its destination within 24 hours, he said.
He said the Port Authority of Guam had been servicing long line vessels since 1986 compared to the Davao Fishport Complex that only started operation in 1995.
"But we can say that our port is at par with that of Guam," he said.
Inside the Complex are 24 business locators, 12 transshipment operators that are registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission, 8 fish processors, 4 small to medium fish traders/buyers, 3 allied services that includes the biggest cold storage operated by the Polar Bear, 15 residue buyers, 5 small fish buyers and 38 other fish traders.
He also said the at any given time the fishport could accommodate 40 vessels in its berthing space (PIA)
2008/09/03
by Prix D Banzon
Davao City (3 September) -- The need to expand and maintain the Davao Fishport Complex (DFC) as an international fishport would attract other foreign fishing vessels to call the port in Davao City.
DFC manager Mario Malinao during Tuesday's Davao Business Forum at SM City's MediSpa said they need to upgrade the facilities to attract other foreign commercial fishing vessels to ship their cargo here.
The fishport which is located in a 4.5 hectares land is the second smallest port among the eight fishports in the country.
The country has three fishports in Mindanao. Aside from Davao the other two are located in General Santos City and Zamboanga City, one in Iloilo City for the Visayas and four in Luzon.
But being the only transshipment port in the Philippines Malinao said the fishport has lot of potentials saying that good facilities would attract other fishing vessels.
He said there are 5,000 foreign fishing vessels operating in the international waters in the Pacific and Davao Fishport todate only gets 300 to 320 of them.
These vessels are being managed and facilitated by the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) based in Guam composed of at least 40 countries with the Philippines as a member.
Other competitors of Davao as transshipment port are Guam, Palau and Bitung but the Davao port has an advantage over the two (Palau and Bitung) because of the regular flight from Davao which carry the tuna for auction to California, USA, Vancouver, Canada, Tokyo, Fukuda and Osaka in Japan.
The tuna has to be shipped fresh (chilled) and must reach its destination within 24 hours, he said.
He said the Port Authority of Guam had been servicing long line vessels since 1986 compared to the Davao Fishport Complex that only started operation in 1995.
"But we can say that our port is at par with that of Guam," he said.
Inside the Complex are 24 business locators, 12 transshipment operators that are registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission, 8 fish processors, 4 small to medium fish traders/buyers, 3 allied services that includes the biggest cold storage operated by the Polar Bear, 15 residue buyers, 5 small fish buyers and 38 other fish traders.
He also said the at any given time the fishport could accommodate 40 vessels in its berthing space (PIA)
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