According to PH's largest passenger terminal building inaugurated in Calapan | Inquirer News, on Monday, March 27, this city welcomed the opening of the Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) of the Port of Calapan, which is regarded as the largest and most advanced terminal in the nation.
The facility is "world-class," according to Engineer Elvis Medalla, port manager of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), Port Management Office Mindoro, since it will offer excellent service to port visitors as they wait for their flights.
The three-story PTB will be built starting in March 2021 by the PPA for P353 million. It has a land area of 2,500 square meters and was built to accommodate 3,500 passengers with comfortable and spacious restrooms, a prayer room, a breastfeeding room, a children's play area, a clinic, an elevator, and an escalator.
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go, one of the visitors, thanked regular people and said that the government's projects and programs would not be feasible without them.
According to Engineer Margarito Dimailig, PPA Project Management Office-Mindoro division manager of Engineering Services, the new PTB will be a game-changer for passengers and visitors visiting Mindoro from Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan, and other locations.
Due to its closeness to the Strong Republic Nautical Highway in Oriental Mindoro, the Calapan Port is one of the busiest in the nation and serves a sizable flow of people and rolling goods, he added. The Visayas, Mindanao, and Luzon are connected by the maritime highway.
According to Dimailig, the bulk of PTB staff will be drawn from Calapan City and other province-wide municipalities, opening up employment prospects for locals.
According to him, the PTB would be crucial in boosting Mimaropa's tourism.
By displaying Pakudos visual themes outside the terminal's walls—common components of Mangyan arts and culture—the PTB will serve as a standalone tourist destination.
Since July 2016, the PPA and the Department of Transportation have worked on 484 port projects.
