Batangas Automated Container Port

The Proposed Batangas Automated Deep Sea Port designed by Architect Hemenegildo Mercado will be largest fully automated port in the world aimed to position Philippines in the global maritime trade by strengthening connectivity and the capability thru reliable, safe and efficient services.

It will be an offshore cargo port of 1,650 hectares with a capacity of 150 million TEUs expandable to twice that capacity in the future. It will be connected to the mainland through a super highway with rail and cargo handling facilities. It has 416 Super Post Panamax Overhead Cranes, 1,200 automated rail-mounted Gantry Cranes, and 2,000 driverless Automatic Guided Vehicles. It will serve more than 2,000 ships per month and process 200 million containers per year. Easily the busiest port, it will have state-of- the-art fully automated cargo handling equipment, iconic bonded warehouse designs capable of handling bulk transports of import and export items. It will also have an oil and chemical dock that can handle ships that carry as much as 280 thousand tons. This project is designed for zero carbon emission by being fully automated with electric vehicles, enhanced by green buildings, smart grid solutions, and battery storage system. It will use next generation Vessel Traffic Management System that uses AI & machine learning to predict prevent vessel collision making the port handle larger density of vessel movement safely efficiently. It aims to promote sustainability by 2030 thru net zero carbon emission by using EVs for cranes/ prime moving vehicles to reduce carbon footprint.

The Proposed Batangas Automated Deep Sea Port will complement and included the new Batangas Access Zone (350 hectares coastal reclamation development) that will feature an International Container Terminal, Inter-modal Transport Terminal Hub with mass rapid railway system and Super Highway Connections to Metro Manila and nearby regions in Luzon.

It will have logistics, Export Processing Zone, Industrial Parks, bonded warehouses, Agri-tech food innovation research livelihood park, cold storage, trade center, container/ oil/ gas depot, Desalination Plant, Sewage Treatment Plant with Biogas Technology, Passenger Port, Marina with energy needs supplied by a 360 MW Floating Solar PV Power Plant.

It will have a Depot /Stockpile for domestic use and export to neighbors to stabilize cost and supply of raw materials. This will lessen redundancy / increase variety of supply chains.
This world-class shipping facilities / storage facilities for maritime trade will address the shipping/ logistics bottleneck issues in Indo-Pacific region and lessen labor cost of companies for import/export. It will reset the existing port connectivity by addressing trends in maritime activity. This will encourage foreigners to set up their business here and keep their profits to themselves, provide a de risking economy and diversification thus creating an irreplaceable irreversible global business eco system.

The Proposed Batangas Automated Deep Sea Port Proposed is a part of the Batangas Integrated Development Project and the ongoing Batangas Access Zone infrastructure development project of the local provincial government of Batangas headed by Governor Hermilando I. Mandanas. It is destined to reshape the economic trading corridor in the Asian region with the aim to make Batangas Automated Deep Sea Port the biggest and busiest port by cargo volume by making the Philippines a powerhouse in shipping all over the world and the star destination of Asia.

PROJECT COST: EIGHT BILLION US DOLLARS (USD 8B)