The Port of Zamboanga, Zamboanga

Zamboanga City

The City of Zamboanga : is a highly urbanized, independent and a chartered city located in Mindanao, Philippines....

, Philippines

Philippines

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, is located on the island of Mindanao

Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...

, in one of the fastest growing zones in Mindanao, Zamboanga

Zamboanga City

The City of Zamboanga : is a highly urbanized, independent and a chartered city located in Mindanao, Philippines....

. The Port of Zamboanga consists of a number of ports, all contained by the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority

Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority

The Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority , otherwise known by its corporate name as Zamboanga Freeport Authority , was created by virtue of the Republic Acts of the Philippines 7903 of the Philippines, authored by then Congresswoman and late mayor of the city of Zamboanga, Maria Clara L...

 (Zamboecozone), otherwise known by its corporate name as the Zamboanga Freeport Authority (ZFA). The Zamboanga International Container Port ranks 2nd in whole of Asia

Asia

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 under the 'Super Efficient Ports in Asia' study carried out in 2010 and published in the African Journal of Business Management (Vol. 5(4), pp. 1397-1407) on February 18, 2011.

Port facilities

		Disembarking	Embarking
1999	4,577,404	2,381,041	2,196,363
2000	4,924,174	2,575,729	2,348,445
2001	5,244,387	2,643,093	2,601,294
2002	5,570,493	2,834,766	2,735,727
2003	5,531,748	2,857,923	2,673,825
2004	5,665,392	2,962,956	2,702,436
2005	4,374,473	2,218,717	2,155,756
2006	3,208,531	1,604,273	1,604,258
2007	3,221,326	1,603,983	1,617,343
2009	3,546,679	1,754,109	1,792,570

The Port of Zamboanga is one of the Philippines busiest ports alongside Manila

Manila

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, Subic Bay

Subic Bay

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 and Cebu

Cebu

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. It is a centre for sardine exports to the United States

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, Europe

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 and the Middle

Middle East

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 and Far East

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. Twenty-five shipping lines operate via the port, serviced by four shipyards operating withint eh port boundaries and in Zamboanga City

Zamboanga City

The City of Zamboanga : is a highly urbanized, independent and a chartered city located in Mindanao, Philippines....

.

The port has nineteen docks

Dock (maritime)

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, twelve of which are privately owned. The largest dock has capacity for up to 20 vessels, and is operated directly by the Philippine Ports Authority

Philippine Ports Authority

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.

Passenger transport is also a major port industry, with an annual passenger throughput exceeding 5.5 million.

The total port area is 156,000 sq.

External links

• Zamboanga International Seaport