THE number of laden and empty shipping containers clogging Manila’s two ports has been reduced after the implementation of some steps to relieve congestion, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said.

As recently as two months ago, the number of laden containers piled up at the Manila ports totaled 99,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), or 105 percent of the capacity of the yards of the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) and the Manila South Harbor.

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