MAIDEN CALL AT BATANGAS PORT

Driven by its aspiration to provide safe and cost-effective ways of carrying the cargoes of its customers as well as seeing opportunities in the most progressive region in the country today, NMC Container Lines, Inc. (NMCCLI) decided to use Batangas Port as a strategic gateway.

NMCCLI’s vessel Gen. Malvar made her maiden call at Batangas Port recently, carrying substantial volume bound for Cebu and Cagayan De Oro (CDO). Expectedly, the volume of in-bound cargoes from CDO to Batangas was also encouraging.

Given the significant growth of the CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) region in economic terms, and Batangas Port’s modern equipment and state-of-the-art facilities, NMCCLI has replaced Manila with a Batangas call in its regular route of Manila-Cebu-Cagayan de Oro-Manila.

“The best way for us to target the CALABARZON market and help our customers based in the region to bring their goods to Visayas and Mindanao is to utilize ATI Batangas Port as a strategic gateway,” Mr. Jay Olivarez, the General Manager of NMCCLI emphasized. “In addition, our CALABARZON customers get to reduce their costs in trucking and logistics when they bring their cargo for carriage to Batangas Port compared to bringing it all the way to North Harbor in Manila,” Olivarez added.

NMC Container Lines, Inc., a liner shipping company, is a member of the Magsaysay Transport & Logistics Group. Aside from Batangas, its service routes are strategically mapped in five of the country’s major economic ports – Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao and General Santos. NMCCLI’s areas of operations are all ISO9001:2000 certified.