Shipping firms see Bataan coast as port terminal and storage hubs

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The strategic geographical location of the Bataan peninsula serves as the essential feature which is the outcome of the swelling arrival of shipping companies to build port terminals and storage facilities in the three coastal towns of the province.

Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia has stressed that Bataan, about 30 nautical miles away from Metro Manila, has captivated the locators’ investment foresight due to its conducive maritime and ecological advantages at the mouth of Manila Bay.

Reports showed shipping companies are eyeing feasible sites in Mariveles, Limay and Orion towns as best alternative spots to the overcrowded ports of Metro Manila.

The national government policy to decongest Metro Manila, to spread the infrastructure development to the countryside has motivated local and foreign capitalists to put-up labor-intensive manufacturing firms in the province’s several progressive ecozones, Governor said.

Orion Mayor Antonio Raymundo, Jr. has candidly supported the factual observations of the Governor that the construction of port terminal and storage facilities in the coastal areas would lead to more robust and dynamic economy.

Mayor Raymundo said the country’s largest food conglomerate, San Miguel Corporation, is reportedly planning to relocate its grains terminal from the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) in Mariveles to the coastal village of Puting Buhangin, Orion town.

He added that the diversified corporation has acquired about 200 hectares in the coastal section of Orion town intended for globally diversified  export products .