Philippines - Tawi-Tawi International Seaport

The Tawi-Tawi Base port provides a major sea link for Tawi-Tawi Province to the Mindanao Corridors, Manila, Cebu and even Brunei-Darussalam, Indonesia, Sandakan, Sabah Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and other neighboring East Asian Growth Areas countries and to the outside world. This also serves as Freeport and an International Special Economic Zone, Free trade where commerce and industry goods and services area highly developed. Agro-Industry and Export processing as a fishing port for the rest of the neighboring influence provinces of Sulu, Basilan and Zamboanga City. This is a high impact project that involves the expansion of existing docking facilities, reclamation for cargo storage, road network, lighting and water supply system. It also includes the dredging at the immediate docking areas. The reclamation will result 580 linear meter quay, a harbour control tower with communication system and container freight station for container vans. The proposed site has a total area of 74 hectares that will include the construction of a port that will function as a Freeport. The Freeport will serve as a gateway for commercial and trading activities while the remaining land area can host different economic zones.