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Speaking at the Manila City Hall Reporters’ Association (MACHRA) Balitaan on Tuesday, Sept. 29, Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno pointed to aging roads and the lack of container yards as among the problems contributing to congestion at Manila’s ports. (via Manila City Hall Reporters' Association)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/09/29/boc-shipping-lines-old-roads-fuel-manila-port-congestion

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00:00Sa akin naman, focus po ito sa Manila Ports.
00:03You mentioned about enhancing the solution sa congestion.
00:08Sir, may nakikita niyong pinakamalaking bottleneck or slowdown when it comes to cargo operations,
00:16sa customs clearance, support operations, ano po?
00:20Ganito. Thank you sa tanong.
00:22Kasi laging napagbibintangan Bureau of Customs.
00:25Pag may congestion, diba? Buti, linawi natin.
00:28No? Malawak yung usaping congestion.
00:32Dalawa, kung ako ang tatanungin, personal, and I've been vocal about this.
00:38Dalawa yung dapat nating pagtuunan ng pansin.
00:41Napaganda ko lang, no?
00:43Yun ang culprits, eh.
00:45Sa English, magandang pakinggan, diba?
00:47Okay. Number one, we have to look extensively dun sa shipping lines and their shipping agents.
00:57Nakakaisa kami, along with the trackers, brokers, importers, that we have problems to solve
01:05pagdating sa participasyon ng shipping lines.
01:09Ano yun?
01:10Sa ngayon, at gagawin natin yan, sa ngayon, kulang sila, at yung iba, wala nga, silang container yards.
01:20Obligasyon nila dapat yun, diba?
01:23Ang ibig sabihin, pag dumating yung kanilang mga, ang may-ari kasi ng mga containers, shipping lines.
01:29Pag dumating yun sa Pilipinas,
01:31nagpunta na yun sa mga warehouses ng mga importers, wala nang laman, saan mo tatalin yun?
01:37Diba? Dapat sa sarili mong container yards.
01:40Kulang yun.
01:40So, yung mga importers ngayon, yung mga trackers, hindi nila maibalik sa ports yun.
01:46Pangalawang problema, tinatanggihan ng mga shipping lines.
01:51And then charges will be, charges will be imposed.
01:55Diba?
01:56So, there must be a more systematic, more transparent piece to be imposed on the importers.
02:08Mga bang, mga bang usapin itong tungkol sa shipping lines, hindi na shipping lines, and their shipping agents.
02:14Meron naman kami mga informasyon na.
02:17Pangalawa, na long-term ang solusyon dito, tanggapin natin ang infrastruktura natin.
02:24Meaning, mga kalye, daanan, papunta at palabas ng mga supports of Manila, maliliit.
02:33Diba?
02:34These roads or road network was built decades ago.
02:40Lumaki na ang populasyon, lumaki na rin ang negosyo, nag-triple na.
02:44Pero hindi naman nag-triple ang mga kalye.
02:47So, imagine, yung mga track na hindi makapasok yung kanila container sa loob,
02:52makikita nyo, doon na.
02:53May mga baon na yung mga drivers.
02:56May i-ingit kayo sa off-road.
02:58Diba? Yung mga drivers, sikat pa nga eh.
03:00Diba? May mga singers, mga drivers, sumikat, diba?
03:03Para si Kenny Rogers, alam po, track driver yan.
03:06At si Jimmy Croce, track driver yan, diba?
03:08May mga millennials, hindi nila alam yan.
03:11Diba?
03:11So, yung infrastruktura natin, maliit.
03:16At pangatlo, nagsusumiksik tayo sa MICP at Port of Manila Harbor Center.
03:25Eh, pwede naman sa iba.
03:27But this is long term.
03:30Nagpapasalamat tayo, nabawa, sa ICTSI at ATI, meron sila gilawang mas malalaki ng modernong pantalan doon sa Patangas.
03:38But you cannot legislate that.
03:40You cannot tell the importers doon kayo pumunta.
03:43It's, ano eh, kumersyo yan, private sector yan.
03:46We're just hoping that they will find the wisdom and advantages of bringing their imports doon sa labas ng Maynila.
03:55This will be long term.

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