The Philippine Star
September 4, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Aboitiz Building, the privately held development firm of the Aboitiz Group, has accomplished the design and development of the brand new berth of DICT Bulk Terminal Inc. (DBTI), a three way partnership between Davao Worldwide Container Terminal Inc. and Philcement Corp.
The growth is predicted to fulfill the rising demand for environment friendly bulk cargo dealing with in Mindanao, strengthening the area’s function as a key commerce hub.
Designed to deal with cement and cementitious supplies, the power expands DICT’s berthing and cargo-handling capability.
Aboitiz Building stated the brand new berth can accommodate vessels with a deadweight tonnage of as much as 60,000 and might be geared up with a state-of-the-art materials dealing with system.
With the growth, DICT now operates 930 meters of berth size, reinforcing the port’s capabilities and function as Mindanao’s premier agro-industrial gateway.
Reflecting Aboitiz Building’s dedication to producing jobs in host communities, a complete of 105 employees had been employed in the course of the development section.
“Our persevering with partnership with DICT – spanning tasks since 2017 – has allowed us to showcase our engineering and development experience in delivering high quality infrastructure that helps the area’s progress,” Aboitiz Building director, president and chairman Anton Perdices stated.
“This collaboration displays our dedication to construct services that drive effectivity, strengthen the nation’s financial progress and stay as much as our promise of being engineered for excellence,” he stated.
Aboitiz Building has been a long-time associate of DICT, having accomplished its first three berths in earlier years and the fourth berth in 2021.
The corporate stated the tasks assist scale back vessel turnaround time and facilitate the quick motion of agro-industrial merchandise.
“Reaching this type of progress in document time is a testomony to the great partnerships we now have with all of the stakeholders. The brand new berth is an indication of progress within the area and appears to permit the environment friendly and cost-effective commerce of products which can in the end profit the individuals of the Davao area,” DBTI president Ricardo Floirendo Lagdameo stated.
