According to business.inquirer.

net To ease congestion at the ports of Manila, the

Bureau of Customs (BOC) has ordered the transfer of empty containers to Batangas
and Subic ports. Given the ongoing congestion at the Manila International Container
Terminal (MICT) and the South Harbor, Guerrero said all empty containers must be
transferred to the Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) terminal in Batangas and the International
Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) terminal in Subic.

According to news.mb.com.ph In an attempt to solve port congestion, the Bureau of

Customs has ordered the transfer of all empty containers in Port of Manila and Manila
International Container Port to the ports in Batangas and Subic.Customs Commissioner
Rey Leonardo Guerrero directed the district collectors of Port of Manila (POM) and
Manila International Container Port (MICP), which are both located in Manila, to transfer
all empty containers to the Asian Terminals Inc. in Port of Batangas and Manila
International Container Terminal in Subic Bay Freeport.

According to philstar.com The public should brace for more traffic jams on roads
around the Port of Manila as port decongestion is not expected to be completed until
early 2015. Meanwhile, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will be tapping the New
Container Terminal (NCT) 2 of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as an
extension of Manila’s ports to address port congestion.

According to /worldmaritimenews.com Japan-based Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)

Line made its first direct route from Kaohsiung to the Port of Subic, the Philippines,
joining other major shippers in using this free port as an alternative to the congested
Port of Manila. She added that should the assessment go well, the new route
(Kaohsiung-Subic-Singapore) would open Port of Subic to major transshipment ports
that connect to the rest of the world’s trade routes, especially in ASEAN countries,
Africa, Europe, and North America.
According to worldmaritimenews.com The congestion at the port of Manila has been
resolved and port operations have been completely normalized, the Philippines’ Office
of the Labour Cabinet said today in a statement.

According to www.pids.gov.ph SOME of the cargo coming from and/or leaving the
port of Manila should be diverted to two other facilities located in the North and South of
the Philippine capital, a state-run think tank said in a policy note. The policy note,
entitled “Port Congestion and Underutilization in the Greater Capital Region: Unpacking
the Issues,” which was published last month, recommended that a cap be imposed on
the capacity of Manila’s ports and divert cargo traffic to and from the Manila
International Container Terminal and the Manila South Harbor to the Subic and
Batangas Ports.
According to business.inquirer.net President Aquino has declared the Port of
Batangas and the Subic Bay Freeport as extensions of the Manila Port during times
when there is port congestion and “other emergency cases.”