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The brand new port will minimize journey time between Negros and Panay islands
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A P180-million port opened on Saturday, February 1, after years of delays, positioning itself as a key hyperlink within the Negros-Panay hall.
Situated in Barangay Punta Salong, the Manapla port is the twelfth in Negros Occidental and is anticipated to spice up tourism and the sugar trade. The brand new port, constructed by Manapla Port Stevedoring and Arastre Property, will join the province to the ports of Ajuy and Concepcion in Iloilo, with roll-on/roll-off vessel operations set to start in April.
The brand new port will minimize journey time between Negros and Panay islands and supply Iloilo sugar planters with another milling possibility in Negros Occidental, dwelling to Asia’s largest sugar refinery.
Sea journey from Manapla to Ajuy and Concepcion through a roll-on/roll-off vessel will take solely 45 and 55 minutes, respectively.
The primary to profit is the Negros-Panay tourism hall, which options the famed Lakawon Island Resort in Cadiz Metropolis, Carbin Reef and Suyac Island in Sagay Metropolis – all in Negros Occidental – and Isla de Gigantes, Sicogon Island, and Pan de Azucar Island in Carles and Concepcion, Iloilo.
Sicogon Island, one of many priciest tourism locations in Western Visayas, has its personal airstrip for gentle passenger plane and was the filming location of the Seventies film Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa, starring 1969 Miss Universe Gloria Diaz and the late Vic Vargas.
Carles city, dwelling to Sicogon and Isla de Gigantes, is 41.9 kilometers from Concepcion port and 55.1 kilometers from Ajuy port.
Furthermore, the Manapla-Ajuy and Manapla-Concepcion sea routes will shorten land journey from Iloilo to Boracay in Malay, Aklan, to solely 4 hours, lowering the same old five- to six-hour journey from Iloilo Metropolis by an hour and a half.
Apart from boosting tourism, the Manapla port is anticipated to profit the sugar trade.
Panay Island – comprising Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, and Vintage – has just one operational sugar mill, in President Roxas, Capiz.
With the Manapla-Ajuy and Manapla-Concepcion sea routes, sugar planters in Iloilo could choose to mill their sugarcane in Negros sugar mills, equivalent to Victorias Milling Firm (VMC), Asia’s largest sugar refinery, stated Manapla Mayor Manuel Escalante III.
Within the close by Sagay Metropolis, two operational sugar mills – Lopez and Bato sugar centrals – additionally course of sugarcane.
The Manapla port will even complement the newly established Sagay Metropolis Financial Ecozone and VMC’s Manapla distillery plant in Barangay Purisima.
“Positively, the Manapla port, which we tried to construct twice, will rake in tens of millions of pesos for our native economic system and your complete province as effectively,” Escalante advised a press briefing.
Alfredo Luis Sarrosa, MPSA’s prime govt, stated an space adjoining to the Manapla port has been reserved for the Negros Yacht Membership, making yacht crusing between Negros and Panay extra thrilling. – Rappler.com
