Port of Iloilo
| Port of Iloilo | |
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Loboc Wharf of the Iloilo International Port
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| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
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| Coordinates | 10°49′56.7″N 122°29′35.2″E / 10.832417°N 122.493111°ECoordinates: 10°49′56.7″N 122°29′35.2″E / 10.832417°N 122.493111°E |
| Details | |
| Opened | 18??/1855 |
| Operated by | Philippine Ports Authority |
| Owned by | Iloilo City |
| Type of harbor | Natural/Artificial |
| Size | 20.8 hectares |
| Wharfs | 2 |
| Piers | 2 |
| Hub For | Negros Navigation |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 11,853 (3rd Busiest in the Philippines) |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 491.7 million tonnes |
| Passenger traffic | 2.4 million annually |
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Website www.ppa.com.ph |
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The Port of Iloilo in Iloilo City, Philippines, serves the province and city of Iloilo and the entire Panay Island, in Western Visayas of the Philippines. It is located away from the older port facilities on the Southern coast of Panay Island, in the Panay Gulf, and one of the country’s safest and most natural harbors. Guimaras Island shields the port from violent storms and makes it ideal for harboring ships and vessels.
Iloilo harbor is part of the Iloilo Strait bounded to the north by a line stretching from the Dumangas River across the Iloilo Strait to Navalas Point on Guimaras Island and to the South line extending from the Lusaran Point, Guimaras Island to Surraga River in the municipality of San Joaquin on Panay.
The Port of Iloilo, considered the leader of trade and a commercial hub for Western Visayas is also one of the safest natural seaports in the Philippines. The Iloilo Commercial Port Complex is located on 20.8 hectares of reclaimed land. It includes 11,400 sq. meters of open space for operations, supplemented by an area of 97,000 sq. meters, a crane, rails of 348 lineal meters; roll-on-roll-off support; a 7,800 container freight stations; and a 720 sq. meter passenger shed. The port complex is ideal for ships plying international routes having a berth length of 400 meters, a width of 26.26 meters and a berthing depth of 10.50 meters.
A number of shipping companies use the Port of Iloilo, including Lorenzo Shipping Corporation, 2GO, Amigo Shipping Company, New Panay Shipping Company, Sulpicio Lines, and Trans-Asia Shipping Lines Inc.Fast ferries serve Iloilo-Bacolod routes eight times daily. 2GO inter-island, overnight ferries serve longer routes, going to Manila, Bacolod, Cebu, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro City. Pumpboat ferries cross the Iloilo Strait to Guimaras constantly during the day and on special trips at night.
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