
Ship Port Agent (Husbanding)
A husbanding agent looks after a vessel and everything it needs while it is in port.
Services
Fifteen services in five groups, all handled by one local team at the Port of Batangas. Pick the service you need, or appoint us for the full port call.
Port agency

A husbanding agent looks after a vessel and everything it needs while it is in port.

A protective agent watches over one party's interests when someone else has appointed the main port agent.

Tug boats help large vessels berth, unberth and shift safely in tight harbors.
Crew services

A crew change means signing seafarers off and on a vessel while it is in port, legally and without delaying the ship.

When a vessel is at anchor, everyone and everything going aboard needs a boat.
Cargo and logistics

Tally is the independent count and record of cargo as it moves between ship and shore.

Port trucking moves cargo from the ship's side to where it is actually needed.

Cargo logistics connects the ship, the port and the receiver into one plan.
Marine supply and vessel care

Bunkering is the supply of fuel and lubricants to a ship.

Watering is the supply of fresh water to a vessel for drinking, cooking and daily use on board.

Hull cleaning removes marine growth from a ship's underwater hull so the vessel burns less fuel on the next passage.

Submarine cable recovery is the work of bringing an underwater telephone or fiber optic cable up to the deck so it can be inspected, repaired or replaced.

Some cargo cannot move with the ship's own gear alone.
Vessel conversion

Temporary conversion lets a foreign vessel carry cargo between Philippine ports for a period, then return to foreign status.

Permanent conversion moves a vessel from a foreign flag to the Philippine ship registry.
Send us the vessel name, ETA and port. We will reply with the next steps and a port cost estimate.