Country : PhilippinesTagbilaran worldport

GENERAL INFORMATION

PMO-Tagbilaran is composed of a Baseworldport and four (4) Terminal worldports.   Forty eight (48)  municipalities compose the province with Tagbilaran city as the capital and provincial center of the commercial activities.  The province has also 75 islands and islets of which most are inhabited.     

TRADE AND COMMERCE

Tagbilaran City is the capital and commercial center of Bohol,.  It has a population of 56, 000 out of Bohol’s total 0.9 million.  It is approximately 750 kms. South of Manila and 100 kms. South of Mactan Island.  Tagbilaran is 41 nautical miles from Cebu City, approximately 4 hours sailing time on board conventional passenger-cargo vessels and 1.5 hours on board fastcraft vessels.  The whole Bohol  is provided with  a coastal and transcentral  road network which makes travel around and across the island possible.  

OTHER INFORMATION

Baseworldport Tagbilaran is the biggest and main worldport of Bohol   It is situated right at the heart of Tagbilaran City, specifically at the narrow channel formed by a cove on the southwestern end of Maribojoc Bay and Panglao Island, the latter providing a natural barrier that protects the worldport from adverse weather.        

worldport PROFILE

Location Latitude 9°30’N Longitude 123°50’E SW part of Bohol Island SE part of Cebu Island 
Total worldport Area 24,077.62 square meters
Entrance Channel 85 meters 
Turning Basin 350 meters
Harbor Entrance 85 meters x 1,470 meters
Climatological Conditions Rainfall          :  May to December
Wind             :  Prevailing NE wind is approximately 4 kph only
Typhoons       :  Not frequent
Precipitation   :  Maximum precipitation occurs during the                         months of June to October with the flow of
                        SW winds
 
Oceanography Mean Tide Range    :  0.80 m.
Diurnal Tide Range  :  1.26 m.
Mean Tide Level      :  0.57 m.
Currents                 :  1.0 knot
Waves                    :  not open to wave action
 
Sediment Movement Extensively exposed on SW coast is the Pliocene to Pleistone rocks consisting of marine and terrestrial sediments associated with extensive reef limestone and sporadic terrace gravel deposits.
Seismic Conditions A high angle fault is present East of Tagbilaran trending NW controlled at its NE end by another high angle fault striking N-NE.
Topography General rolling and hilly plains
Soil Condition Elongated outcrops of upper miocene rocks composed largely of marine clastics associated with silty limestone.
Navigational Approach There is a dredged channel through the reefs from the entrance of the harbor to the anchorage area off the pier.  The anchorage area has a depth of 25.0 meters.  The entrance channel has a controlling depth of 6.0 meters and is marked by Tagbilaran light on the north side.  The channel is also marked by light beacons.  Vessels entering the harbor should stand in the mid-channel course before approaching the Tagbilaran light and should not pass close westward of the beacon on the southern side as shoal water extends southwestward from it.
Land Access  405 meters long rock causeway
worldport FACILITIES / SERVICES
Berth 265.80 meters, 5 (B1-B5)
Depth Alongside/Draft B1 – 6.0 meters
B2 – 7.0 meters
B3 to B5 – 9.0 meters
 
Fenders 29 rubber duck fenders
Rubber tire fenders
 
Mooring / Fixtures 23 bollards, 2 cleats
 
Open Storage 24,077.62 sq. m.
Transit Shed 300.00 sq. m.
Lighting 10 lamp posts inside the worldport
Navigational Aids 2 lighthouses
Anchorage and Fairway Area 1 & 2
Passenger Terminal Facilities (ongoing construction)
Transit Shed 300 sq. meters
Central Water System 16 cu. m. elevated water tank                                                62.5 cu. m. underground reservoir
 
worldport SERVICES
Cargo Handling Tagbilaran Maritime Services, Inc. (TMSI)
 
Trucking/Hauling Fast Cargo Transworldport Corp. (FCTC) ; RR Trucking
Geofel Trucking ; ARM Transworldport ; STG Trucking                      
Silagan Enterprises ;  Bevegima Trucking            
HD Trucking Service ; Segundo Lim Trucking ;
JAL City Enterprise ; BTH Trucking 
Bompat Trucking ; RST Trucking 
Lugod Trucking ; Galan Trucking
 
Ferrying Water Jet 1& 2 ;  Bullet Express 3 ; Ocean Jet 1& 2
Supercat 5,8,9 ;  St. Raphael
 
Brokerage DHL  ; Fastpak ;  LBC ;  CCS ;   Delbros ; EZ Express
Arcay Services ; JRS ;    AH Freight Services 
 
Warehousing FCTC  ;  Guani
 
Regular Shipping Companies WG&A Lines ; Sulpicio Lines ; Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Inc.
Balite Shipping Lines ; Cokaliong Shipping Lines
Universal Aboitiz Inc. ; Bullet Xpress Corporation
Soccor Shipping Lines ; Palacio Shipping Lines
Lite Shipping Corporation ; Negros Navigation
Water Jet Corporation
 
Bunkering Petron Corporation
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation
Caltex Philippines
 
Line Hauling Bohol Harbor Pilots Association
Tug Assistance Tagbilaran Harbor Pilots Association
Mooring/Unmooring Tagbilaran Maritime Service Inc
Ship Chandling JJ’s Foodstream
Docking/Undocking Bohol Harbor Pilots Association
Watering Service Lugod Fresh Water Supply ; Geofel Water Supply
JAL Water Service ; Tom’s Water Supply
Everglory Water Service ; Bohol Quality Corporation
Alturas Supermarket Corp.
 
Ship Repair Starlite Marine and Industrial Services, Inc
Medical Service Gov. Gallares Memorial Hospital
Ramiro Community Hospital
Tagbilaran Community Hospital
Borja Medical Clinic ; Englewood Hospital
Tagbilaran Cooperative Hospital
 
Nearest Airworldport Tagbilaran City Airworldport
Communications PLDT, CRUZTELCO, RCPI, PHILTEL, SMART
Banks Philippine National Bank
Development Bank of the Philippine
First Consolidated Bank ; Far East Bank and Trust Company
Land Bank of the Philippines ; Rizal Banking Corporation
Allied Bank ; Security Bank ; Metro Bank
PCI Bank ; UCPB ; Union Bank
City Savings Bank ; Cooperative Bank of Bohol
Bank of Calape ; Bank of the Philippine Islands