# Batangas City (PH BTG)

**UN/LOCODE:** PH BTG  
**Country:** Philippines  
**Water Body:** Philippine inland seas; North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Medium  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 13.7500, 121.0500

Two deepwater berths at around 13 m, ship-to-shore cranes, RTGs and DP World's CARGOES terminal operating system define the Batangas Container Terminal, the most modern box facility in the Philippines outside Manila. Operated by Asian Terminals Inc. with DP World, the terminal offers annual capacity above 450,000 TEU and serves as the alternative international gateway for the Calabarzon industrial belt. Batangas is also the country's leading domestic gateway: more than three million passengers and over 200,000 vehicles a year move through its RoRo and ferry links to Mindoro, the Mimaropa region and the Visayas, with a 2024 passenger terminal upgrade lifting capacity to as many as eight million travellers a year. For forwarders this dual role makes Batangas a practical place to consolidate container and RoRo flows, backed by road access via the STAR Tollway and SLEX to the estates of Cavite, Laguna and Batangas. Drafts and equipment suit mid-sized container ships, while the bulk of intercontinental services still run through Manila's MICT and South Harbor. When extra capacity or specialised cargo is needed, Subic is a further option.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Manila → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/manila-shanghai)
- [Manila → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/manila-shenzhen)
- [Manila → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/manila-guangzhou)
- [Manila → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/manila-hong-kong)
- [Manila → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/manila-tokyo)
- [Manila → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/manila-busan)

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