General Description
Davao Port, or the Port of Davao, is one of the Philippines major seaports alongside Manila, Subic, Cebu, Zamboanga, and others.
The Port of Davao, often called Port District of Davao, includes Davao City and the five provinces. Davao port services inter-island and international shipments. The city is situated 974 kilometers south of Manila, on the shore of Davao Gulf. "Davao" also refers to five provinces: Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, and Davao Oriental.
Davao City is located in Davao del Sur but is politically and administratively independent of the province. The access to the port of entry in Davao City is through Davao Gulf, which has two approaches. One is at Pakiputan Strait between Davao and the water west of Samal Island. The other approach is at the east side of Samal Island mainly used as an exit channel of vessels departing from points north of Davao Gulf. Access to the subport of entry in Mati, Davao Oriental is through Pujada Bay.[3] Davao Gulf is situated on the south coast of Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines.
A number of the private ports export bananas to Far and Middle East markets, one is a commercial port while the remainder handle petroleum products, cocoa oil, fertilisers, rice, flour and cement.