Inauguration of the Batangas Port Passenger Terminal Building 04/26/2024

Batangas City, Batangas
April 26, 2024

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the inauguration of the new and improved Batangas Port Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) – the biggest, busiest and most modern interisland maritime hub in the country – in Batangas City, Province of Batangas on April 26, 2024.

The expanded PTB has an 8,000-passenger capacity from the previous 2,500 and has fully airconditioned lounges, facilities for the elderly and persons with disabilities (PWDs), baggage x-ray machines, walkthrough metal detectors, food concession stands and extensive CCTV coverage.

With the new and improved Passenger Terminal Building in Batangas Port, this is now the largest and most modern PTB in the ports managed by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) under its terminal operator, Asian Terminal Incorporated (ATI).

Connecting mainland Luzon to Region IV-B or MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) to Visayas (Iloilo, Negros and Cebu) and Mindanao via fast crafts, ferries and roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships, the Batangas Port plays a significant role in stimulating the nation’s economy as a portal to agricultural areas, a gateway to island tourism destinations, and a hub for goods and other products.

Planning for the Batangas PTB modernization started in 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, construction began in 2021 and Phase 1 was completed in 2022. Phase 2 was finished in the first quarter of 2024.


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