seaport

The mission is said to have secured some key sites in the capital including the national hospital, seaport and airport.

From furniture to electronics, roughly $300 billion worth of goods pass through the sprawling seaport every year.

As shipping forecasts have grown at one of the world’s busiest seaports, officials have allocated hundreds of millions of dollars for storage and rail yard expansion, restoration and electrification projects, among others.

Department of Water and Power brought major operations at the busiest seaport in the Western Hemisphere to an abrupt stop.

Three airports and 29 seaports could not operate normally due to the typhoon while six cities and towns were hit by power outages, he said.