CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PORTS AND SHIPPING IN BIMP-EAGA

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C BIMP-EAGA PORTS • • Puerto Princesa • Nasipit • General Santos • Cagayan de Oro • Surigao • Zamboaga • Iligan • Ozamis • Jolo BIMP-EAGA PORTS PALAWAN

Port of Puerto Princesa

Port of Davao

Port of General Santos CHALLENGES With Port Restrictions CHALLENGES FOREIGN CARGO THROUGHPUT in MT FOREIGN SHIPCALL Jan-Jun 2019 vs Jan-Jun 2020 Jan-Jun 2019 vs Jan-Jun 2020 1,400,000.00

300 1,200,000.00 250 Average decrease 1,000,000.00 Average decrease 200 of 41% 800,000.00 of 37%

150 600,000.00 100 400,000.00 50 200,000.00 0 - DAVAO GEN. SANTOS ZAMBOANGA PUERTO DAVAO GEN. SANTOS ZAMBOANGA PUERTO PRINCESA PRINCESA JAN-JUN 2019 JAN-JUN 2020 JAN-JUN 2019 JAN-JUN 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic - Decrease in vessel traffic and Cargo volume

- Budget Crunch CHALLENGES

Covid-19 Pandemic - Decrease in vessel traffic and Cargo volume

- Budget Crunch CHALLENGES

Facilitation of Trade - Operationalization of Davao-GenSan-Bitung Shipping Route

- RoRo Connections- concerning Right-Hand-Drive vehicles Palawan Pop. 1 M Pop. OPPORTUNITIES 25M 1. Mindanao and Palawan • Population Palawan Pop. (Capital) - Davao 1 M 842 NM OPPORTUNITIES Manado – Manila (Capital) Mindanao Pop. 914 NM 25M 1. Mindanao and Palawan • Population Palawan – Sabah 259 NM • Geographical Advantage

Manado – Gen. Santos 292NM

Manado – Davao 365NM Palawan Pop. Manila (Capital) - Davao 1 M 842 NM OPPORTUNITIES Manado – Manila (Capital) Mindanao Pop. 914 NM 25M 1. Mindanao and Palawan • Population Palawan – Sabah 259 NM • Geographical Advantage • Products/ services (Natural Resources) Mindanao Pop. 25M

Manado – Gen. Santos 292NM

Manado – Davao 365NM Palawan Pop. Manila (Capital) - Davao 1 M 842 NM OPPORTUNITIES Manado – Manila (Capital) Mindanao Pop. 914 NM 25M 1. Mindanao and Palawan • Population Palawan – Sabah • Geographical Advantage 259 NM • Products/ services (Natural Resources) 2. Ease of Doing Business • Electronic Processing Systems (E- Portal) Manado – Gen. Santos o Electronic Payment Portal 292NM o Electronic Permit Management System Manado – Davao o Electronic Accreditation System 365NM o Automated Ticketing System Palawan Pop. Manila (Capital) - Davao 1 M 842 NM OPPORTUNITIES Manado – Manila (Capital) Mindanao Pop. 914 NM 25M 1. Mindanao and Palawan • Population Palawan – Sabah • Geographical Advantage 259 NM • Products/ services (Natural Resources) 2. Ease of Doing Business • Electronic Processing Systems (E- Portal) Manado – Gen. Santos o Electronic Payment Portal 292NM o Electronic Permit Management System Manado – Davao o Electronic Accreditation System 365NM o Automated Ticketing System • Oplan Malasakit Palawan Pop. Manila (Capital) - Davao 1 M 842 NM OPPORTUNITIES Manado – Manila (Capital) Mindanao Pop. 914 NM 25M 1. Mindanao and Palawan • Population Palawan – Sabah • Geographical Advantage 259 NM • Products/ services (Natural Resources) 2. Ease of Doing Business • Electronic Processing Systems (E- Portal) Manado – Gen. Santos o Electronic Payment Portal 292NM o Electronic Permit Management System Manado – Davao o Electronic Accreditation System 365NM o Automated Ticketing System • Oplan Malasakit

3. Private Public Partnership Improved Quality of Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) Life

Proposals for Ports of Davao-Sasa More jobs and and General Santos-Makar economic opportunities

Growth of business and industries

High-performance • More economic activities logistics • Meaningful jobs • Increase paying Improved Port • Improve supply chain Infrastructure • Larger margins And • More opportunities for expansion Operations • Lower transport cost Lower warehouse cost • Increase productivity Reliability and predictability = Time and cost savings = Increase in traffic as preferred port Thank you…

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