The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said on Friday it will take some time before the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) and the Port of Manila (POM) can be fully decongested.

Citing the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), BOC Spokesman Charo Logarta said that they are going to move out 8,000 containers a day, but even that will not reduce the backlog of containers in the two ports before the end of the year.

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