PPA urges ship owners to provide free food, water to stranded passengers at ports

PPA urges ship owners to provide free food, water to stranded passengers at ports
Aaron Recuenco  December 24, 2022 https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/24/ppa-urges-ship-owners-to-provide-free-food-...

Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago urged shipping line owners to provide free food and water to their respective passengers who were stranded due to delay in the arrival of ferries and due to bad weather conditions in some parts of the country.

During his visit to the Port of Batangas, Santiago said he saw hundreds of people in long queues inside the port while a number of private vehicles and cargoes were also lining up outside the port.
“We ask shipping line owners to provide food and water to their passengers to at least make them comfortable while they are waiting for their turn to board their ships,” said Santiago.

He said he expects the same scenario in other ports across the country amid the Christmas rush of the people to go to their respective hometowns.

The number of passengers in all 25 ports under PPA across the country has already reached an average of 50,400 since Dec. 18.

At the Port of Batangas, almost 19,000 passengers were reported on Friday, Dec. 23.