ICTSI

ICTSI and Navis enter into new global partnership

Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation, and the provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain, announced a new global partnership agreement with International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ITCSI), around a centralized pooled approach and global volume view that supports ICTSI growth strategies around the world. The partnership allows for Navis’ innovative N4 platform to...

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ICTSI Manila employee rewards winners get their brand-new homes

Employees of International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), who won houses as part of the Company’s employee rewards program, recently received the keys to their brand-new homes.

Sitting on a sprawling gated community within the heart of Cavite’s Tanza municipality, each of the 104-square meter (sqm), two-storey homes is complete with its own perimeter fence and gate, finished ceiling, flooring and bathrooms. The house design...

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ICTSI flagship gets eco-friendly RTGs

A first in the country and Manufactured by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (MES) of Japan, the Mitsui Li-ion Hybrid RTG is equipped with a 200kVA Li-ion battery and a smaller diesel engine that dramatically improves the carbon footprint of the terminal. 

Once fully commissioned, the hybrid RTGs are expected to further boost MICT’s container yard productivity, and allow the country’s largest, best-equipped and most technologically-advanced container terminal to fully match demand in...

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Contecon Guayaquil is LatAm’s first CO2-neutral port

Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) recently became the first port in South America to obtain a carbon-neutral certification, with the Ecuador Ministry of Environment and environmental ratings agency, Sambito SA, recognizing the company’s strong and priority commitment to the environment.

The certification marking CGSA’s compliance to ISO 14064-1 standards lauds the company’s policies that are directed and translated towards greater sustainability initiatives, as well as the incorporation of...

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Dredging project in Guayaquil starts

The government of Guayaquil in Ecuador recently led the signing of a 25-year concession agreement with Luxembourg-based Jan De Nul Group for the deepening and maintenance of the 95-kilometer long access channel leading to the port of Guayaquil.

With dredging works expected to be completed within the first year of the concession, mega vessels will soon be able to enter the Port of Guayaquil – guaranteeing a new authorized draft of 12.5 meters at high tide, and 7.5 meters at the Guayas River. The...

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First container barge port inaugurated in PH

TANZA, Cavite — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, November 22, inaugurated the first and only container barge port in Philippines – the Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT). A collaboration between the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), the project is expected to ease port congestion and reduce Metro Manila traffic.

During his remarks, the Chief Executive reiterated the predicaments that the public and business sectors are...

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ICTSI wins fifth straight The Asset ESG tilt

Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has once again been honored as among the elite Asian companies that has shown all-round excellence in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) by Hong Kong-based financial magazine The Asset, winning the highest Platinum ESG citation for the fifth consecutive year.

ICTSI was also lauded as the Best Initiative in Innovation for the Automated Entry Gates at its flagship, the Manila International Container Terminal...

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ICTSI offers to develop Iloilo ports

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has submitted a proposal to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to develop two ports in Iloilo – the Iloilo Port Complex and the Port of Dumangas, an investment estimated to cost over P5 billion.

In line with the future development needs of Iloilo and the Visayas, ICTSI submitted a Letter of Intent to modernize the ports’ infrastructure and superstructure, and to eventually manage and operate the two Iloilo ports. Overall, the company...

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