Citing situation reports from the ground, Santiago said the number of passengers have started to increase compared with normal days and the official said they expect the volume of passengers to increase starting Wednesday, April 5.
“But in anticipation of unexpected delays, we want to make sure that our basic needs of the stranded passengers are immediately attended to,” he added. The PPA is expecting around 2.2 million passengers in all its ports nationwide from Palm Sunday, April 2, to Easter Sunday, April 9, and as of 6 a.m. on Monday, April 3, more than 23,000 passengers have already been recorded.
The newly-inaugurated Passenger Terminal Building in Calapan Port is the country’s largest port passenger terminal as it could accommodate around 3,500 passengers, from the previous 1,600 passengers.