An international container port / Keith R. Tumaliuan

Includes bibliographical references.

The Philippines is considered a country bounty of endowed needs to be mobilized and to be used productively. Intersection among the people, and consequently the dissemination of ideas and sharing of knowledge and skills, require a high physical mobility of the people. Considering the number and composition of the islands that make up the country. From the earliest settlement, the people of the Philippines have depended to a substantial degree upon water transport for the movement of passengers and most specially the cargoes, Due to lack of extensive roads and difficulties of overload often diverted intra-island transportation to water routes. Dependence of water transport led to the extensive development of hundreds of government and private owned ports here in the Philippines. Establishing of its one method of an international accessibility, which is one of the major factors for the economic development in the Philippines today.