Table 6. Inbound and Outbound Shipcalls, March 2019 and March 2020 Seaports
Inbound Shipcalls March March 2019 2020
% change
Outbound Shipcalls March March 2019 2020
% change
Panay/Guimaras Fort San Pedro Iloilo Commercial Port Complex Iloilo River Wharf Terminal Port - Aklan Dumaguit Terminal Port – Antique (San Jose de Buenavista) Terminal Port – Capiz (Culasi) Terminal Port – Guimaras (Jordan)
76
342
350.00▲
65
77
18.46▲
1,053
957
9.12▼
77
351
355.84▲
70
80
14.29▲
1,064
963
9.49▼
9
7
22.22▼
12
8
33.33▼
78
41
47.44▼
84
42
50.00▼
119
93
21.85▼
122
96
21.31▼
309
769
148.87▲
310
770
148.39▲
1,033
806
21.97▼
1,034
809
21.76▼
Terminal Port – Iloilo (Estancia)
297
162
45.45▼
309
159
48.54▼
Other Government Ports
101
127
25.74▲
106
121
14.15▲
89
65
26.97▼
100
71
29.00▼
Terminal Port – Iloilo (Dumangas)
Private Ports Negros Occidental Banago Port (baseport)
164
99
39.63▼
164
99
39.63▼
Danao Port (terminal port)
62
58
6.45▼
62
58
6.45▼
Hinobaan (terminal port)
11
12
9.09▲
11
12
9.09▲
9
7
22.22▼
9
7
22.22▼
Pulupandan (terminal port) San Carlos (terminal port)
522
184
64.75▼
522
184
64.75▼
Cadiz LGU (other government port)
36
27
25.00▼
36
27
25.00▼
Paco Beach (other government port)
77
27
64.94▼
77
27
64.94▼
Sagay (other government port)
97
113
16.49▲
97
113
16.49▲
Barcelona (private port)
346
424
22.54▲
346
424
22.54▲
BREDCO (private port)
1,792
1,202
32.92▼
1,792
1,202
32.92▼
Cadiz (private port)
116
172
48.28▲
116
172
48.28▲
F. Yap (private port)
86
65
24.42▼
86
65
24.42▼
Source: Philippine Ports Authority
Consequently, the number of inbound and outbound passengers declined. There were ports that used to cater to more than 100,000 passengers like the BREDCO port in Negros Occidental, where passenger arrival declined by more than 50 percent in March 2020. The Panay/Guimaras area, which includes the Iloilo River Wharf and the Dumangas Port showed decreases in inbound and outbound passengers by over 50 percent and about 40 percent, respectively. However, Fort San Pedro showed an increase of inbound passengers in March 2020, more than double compared with March 2019 at about 124 percent. On the other hand, outbound passengers slightly declined by 8.26 percent in March 2020 indicating that more passengers were going back to Western Visayas prior to the imposition of ECQ in Metro Manila.
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