WASHINGTON: Port of Subic has said that it expects increased port operations with Taiwan-based shipping lines on the back of the news that the Taiwan government is keen to establish a partnership with Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
SBMA officer-in-charge administrator Randy Escolango told the Philippines News Agency that executive officials from Taiwan Maritime and Port Bureau are interested in partnering in transhipment. He said: “We are hoping that this partnership with the Port of Taiwan will become a reality because this is in line with the priority programs of President Duterte’s administration making the Port of Subic a major port in Asia.” Such a partnership would aim to increase the volume of container traffic between the Port of Subic Bay and Taiwan Ports through Yang Ming Shipping Line, he added.
