Table 7. Inbound and Outbound Passengers, March 2019 and March 2020 Inbound Passengers Seaports
March 2019
March 2020
% change
Outbound Passengers March 2019
March 2020
% change
Panay/Guimaras Fort San Pedro
11,271
25,231
123.86▲
12,605
11,564
8.26▼
89,992
44,188
50.90▼
88,410
40,198
54.53▼
Iloilo Commercial Port Complex Iloilo River Wharf Terminal Port - Aklan Dumaguit Terminal Port – Antique (San Jose de Buenavista) Terminal Port – Capiz (Culasi)
6,423
2,411
62.46▼
6,610
2,761
58.23▼
Terminal Port – Guimaras (Jordan)
5,269
14,254
170.53▲
6,275
21,597
244.18▲
Terminal Port – Iloilo (Dumangas)
68,801
40,907
40.54▼
65,140
39,066
40.03▼
2,291
712
68.92▼
3,234
1,000
69.08▼
995
316
68.24▼
951
375
60.57▼
10,224
3,669
64.11▼
7,308
2,540
65.24▼
Other Government Ports Private Ports Negros Occidental Banago Port (baseport) Danao Port (terminal port)
922
1,005
9.00▲
957
946
1.15▼
San Carlos (terminal port)
37,087
17,807
51.99▼
40,278
17,983
55.35▼
Cadiz LGU (other government port)
2,421
1,051
56.59▼
2,492
985
60.47▼
Paco Beach (other gov’t. port)
3,238
795
75.45▼
3,571
840
76.48▼
443
1,743
293.45▲
532
1,588
198.50▲
Barcelona (private port)
10,088
10,957
8.61▲
8,547
10,637
24.45▲
BREDCO (private port)
158,638
73,753
53.51▼
146,459
61,477
58.02▼
2,880
1,636
43.19▼
1,790
1,258
29.72▼
Sagay (other gov’t port)
F. Yap (private port) Source: Philippine Ports Authority
Added health and sanitation precautions were imposed. Passengers had to contend with the new protocols being imposed in the ports such as observance of quarantine protocols and physical distancing which delayed passenger boarding resulting to long queues of vehicles and inbound and outbound passengers. Even so, there were setbacks in the implementation of quarantine protocols. These include breach in shipping company's procedures for persons boarding the vessels, and shipping companies allowing their crews to disembark despite strict directives from port authorities of no disembarking. Strict border control caused port congestions. The extension of a vessel’s stay in port resulted to low berth occupancy rate. Also, the delays in turnaround time of delivery trucks resulted to non-withdrawal of cargoes by shippers/consignees. Suspension of rehabilitation projects due to lack of manpower and construction materials. PPA suspended the implementation of ongoing projects because of the restrictions imposed on the movement of personnel and construction workers as well as the delivery of materials as a consequence of the imposed quarantine. Western Visayas COVID-19 Regional Recovery Plan Assessment of the Effect of COVID-19 in Region VI 40
