MICT handles record 3 million TEUs

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December 23, 2025 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the flagship facility of Enrique Razon Jr.’s International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), has handled a record high of three million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025.

ICTSI said this is the first time the terminal has reached such a level in a single year.

MICT chief executive officer Christian Lozano said the result reflected the terminal’s capacity to handle higher volumes while maintaining service levels during the peak season.

“Handling three million TEUs shows how the MICT has kept pace with rising demand through continued operational improvements and capacity expansion,” he said.

According to ICTSI, the increase in volume coincided with sustained investments in equipment and infrastructure during the year.

These included the deployment of hybrid rubber-tired gantry cranes, the addition of terminal tractors to support higher throughput and the terminal’s initial exploration of electric terminal tractors under its modernization program.

ICTSI said that construction is progressing on the terminal’s eighth berth, which includes a 300-meter quay and a combined quay and yard development covering 12 hectares.

Of the total area, 6.5 hectares are already operational.

Berth 8, designed with a 15-meter depth, will be able to accommodate container vessels with a capacity of 18,000 TEUs, with the delivery of three quay cranes scheduled for 2027.

ICTSI said that once the berth expansion is completed, the MICT’s annual handling capacity would increase to 3.5 million TEUs.

“Our priority is to deliver consistent and efficient service to customers and ensure cargo continues to move reliably as volumes grow,” Lozano said.

MICT, the Philippines’ leading international trade gateway, accounts for about 70 percent of Manila port volumes and remains the country’s largest and busiest container terminal, serving as a primary gateway for international cargo entering and leaving the country.