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==Better services seen in Basco port== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451336439782 | |||
*By: Necitas G. Alconis | |||
*''Tuesday, May 08, 2012'' | |||
BASCO, Batanes- Officers and members of cooperatives and residents of this island province are expecting for better services once the extension of the Basco port here will be realized. | |||
Charles Ibaňes, chairman of the Batanes Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BMPC) disclosed that some officials of the Philippine Port Authority (PPA) from Manila were in the province recently to assess the situation in the area, and after seeing the urgent need for port extension, the PPA officials proposed for a second extension of 70 meters (m) more to ensure that three to four cargo vessels could dock at the pier at a time. | |||
The project was started in October 2011, and the completion of the first 50 m extension is targeted this June. The second extension might not be started in July-August due to west winds that usually bring towering waves, which will bring risks to the workers. | |||
As per interview with some Ivatan laborers hired by PPA, the second extension may likely start on October to November when the sea at Basco port is calmer and safer for workers and the materials to be used. | |||
According to Ibaňes, the extension aims to bring better services for the shipping operators who maintain cargo vessels in the area, such as BMPC, with two cargo vessels; the TRANSCEND with one vessel; the MISUBI, with one passenger boat; PULZAR construction, with one cargo vessel; and two inter-island motorized bancas for passengers and cargoes to and from Itbayat Island. | |||
“The existing Basco port could only serve one cargo vessel at a time. If another cargo vessel comes to Basco before the previous vessel pulls out, it has to keep distance at least 100 meters from the pier,” he said. | |||
==5th Uyugan’s Kamanidungan festival slated on May 10== | ==5th Uyugan’s Kamanidungan festival slated on May 10== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451336096334 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451336096334 | ||