Davao International Container Terminal News

Navis and Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) announced that the terminal has gone live with the Navis N4 terminal system. Navis is a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain. Since opening its gate in 2013, DICT has partnered with Navis to improve operational efficiency and the successful implementation of N4 has supported DICT’s growth as the most modern terminal in the Philippines. Located in the southeastern part of the Philippines, DICT offers world-class container terminal facilities and services in this largely agricultural region.

Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) will start the operation of its rehabilitated second berth by July next year as it prepares to handle bigger cargo volume, reports Edge Davao. Anflocor president and CEO Alexander N. Valoria said the company invested a total of P1.8 billion for the rehabilitation of the eight-hectare port in Panabo City, Davao del Norte. The rehabilitation started this year. “We’re almost finished with the rehabilitation of the second berth,” Valoria said. Valoria said the two quay cranes for the second berth will arrive by first week of February next year. “In effect, these will double the capacity of DICT of 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU),” Valoria said.

Davao International Container Terminal, Inc.(DICT) located in Panabo City, Davao Del Norte, on the south eastern coast of the Philippines, has bought state-of-the-art Super Cone fenders and Tee Head bollards from Trelleborg. Berths 1 and 2 at the Breakbulk Terminal are old concrete structures that require the installation of a superior fender system as part of the upgrade works. DICT discovered that another port in Davao had upgraded their berth using low quality fender systems that cracked within just months of installation and the frontal frames began to corrode too.