Supplier expands port to hike cement company’s production

CEBU, Philippines - A raw materials supplier invested around P270 million to expand the port facility it operates in South Poblacion, San Fernando in southern Cebu to help augment the cement production of Taiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc.,  in the same barangay.

In a statement, Solid Earth Development Corp president Lawyer Dennis Tenefrancia said the port could now lodge five more vessels, increasing its capability to dispatch TCPI’s cement bags to offshore traders by 100%.

The port now has 10 berthing spaces, doubling the cement firm’s delivery of its cement products to dealers in Visayas and parts of southern Luzon.

“The port we operate could now accommodate five more vessels, double the number before the expansion,” he said.

Rolando Buhisan, engineering head of TCPI, said loading of cements into the docking ships could now be faster, saying the pier which is regulated by Cebu Ports Authority is already secured from big waves.

For his part, SEDC Director Takehito Oga noted that effective port services promote regional commerce.

San Fernando Vice Mayor Miguel Antonio Canoy is confident the expanded port will boost the economy of his municipality, believing that there will be more jobs to be created in the locality.

SEDC, which supplies raw materials for TCPI’s cement production, has a limestone mining quarry in Barangay South Poblacion.  (FREEMAN)