Jose Panganiban (PHJPM)

The port is currently closed for commercial operations. Information for the port is retained should the port reopen. The port offers good anchorage although it is exposed to monsoons. It is a Port of Entry open to foreign vessels with destinations in the Paracale mining area, Larap Bay and Dahikan. Iron, ores, copper and copra are the principal exports. Port is operated by the Port of Pasacao although still under the authority of the Philippine Ports Authority.

Summer.

Jose Panganiban, formerly known as Mambulao, is located on the eastern shore of Lamon Bay, on Luzon Island.

Anchorage: Maximum LOA 230m and draught 9.0m. Alongside: Draught 4.8m.

Approximately 500,000t of domestic cargo handled annually.

It is safe to anchor anywhere in the outer part of the harbour N of a line joining the S extremity of Calambayanga Island and the pier, taking care to avoid the sunken wrecks. The preferable anchorage is W of the pier, in depths from 9.0 to 12m, soft sand. This holding ground is good.

From the position 0.8nm N of Calambayanga Island the alignment (146°) of the following beacons on the W side of Jose Panganiban Bay lead towards the harbour avoiding sunken wrecks in the middle of the entrance. Front beacon 14°18.0'N 122°40.1'E. Rear beacon 1nm from the front beacon is reported destroyed. Then the line of bearing 248° astern of a beacon near the S extremity of Calambayanga Island leads ENE towards the harbour.

BA 3815. Admiralty Pilot NP33.

1025.

Compulsory. Pilot boards off Pinandungan Point. Port Health and Customs board SW of the same point. Request for pilotage should be made to Harbour Pilots Association, Legaspi City, at least 36 hours before arrival.

Range 1.8m.

One tug available.

Prevailing winds: SW'ly & NE'ly monsoon. The SW monsoon and prevailing winds from SW and SW quadrants have no appreciable effect in the port, but during the NE monsoon (Oct-Mar) considerable swell will be felt in the harbour especially after a typhoon.

VHF: None.