The expected operations of the Hamad Port could open economic opportunities to Philippine port management company, International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), Ambassador Wilfredo Santos said.
The ambassador said ICTSI is currently pursuing an active programme to acquire new terminal concessions in the Middle East, “and we are hoping that Qatar could be one of them.”
“We have conveyed to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) the possibility of inviting the International Container Terminal Services Inc, a Philippine-based company involved in the business of acquiring, developing, managing, and operating container ports and terminals worldwide, to explore economic opportunities presented by the expected opening of the Hamad Port,” Santos told Gulf Times.
Established by Filipino businessman Enrique K Razon, ICTSI operates the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT). Named “third richest man in the Philippines” by Forbes magazine in February 2015, Razon has served as ICTSI’s director since December 1987 and chairman since 1995.