SUBIC BAY

About Us

The Operations Group serves as the lead navigator in piloting the Subic Bay Freeport into a highly competitive aviation and maritime hub, spearheading the Authority's objective of being a premier Freeport in Asia.

The Senior Deputy Administrator heads the Operations Group comprised of the Airport, Seaport, and Trade Facilitation and Compliance Departments, and provides principal assistance to the Chairman and Administrator on matters concerning aviation, maritime operations, and trade facilitation.

MISSION

The Office of the Senior Deputy Administrator for Operations (OSDAO) is committed to providing quality service, administration, and management of port operations through continuous improvement of processes, and aims to be both gender and environmentally responsive while providing satisfactory and quality service in a safe and green multimodal port.

VISION

A truly multi-modal logistics hub, the only Freeport Zone with a transport network for land, sea, air, and railway in the country that will create new, sustainable, and competitive value for the country's transport network and the Southeast Asian Region

MANDATE

“RA 7227 Section 13.b. Powers and functions of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority - The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, otherwise known as the Subic Authority, shall have the following powers and functions:

• To operate, administer, manage and develop the ship repair and ship building facility, container port, oil storage and refueling facility and Cubi Air Base within the Subic Special Economic and Free-port Zone as a free market in accordance with the policies set forth in Section 12 of this Act;
• To accept any local or foreign investment, business or enterprise, subject only to such rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Subic Authority in conformity with the policies of the Conversion Authority without prejudice to the nationalization requirements provided for in the Constitution;
• To undertake and regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of utilities, other services and infrastructure in the Subic Special Economic Zone including shipping shipping and related business, stevedoring and port terminal services or concessions, incidental thereto and airport operations in coordination with the Civil Aeronautics Board, and to fix just and reasonable rates, fares charges and other prices therefor.”

The plans and programs of this Office shall be aligned with the 2023-2028 Philippine Development Plan

FUNCTIONS

• Establish an efficient and effective system of administration and general management of the office and departments under the Operations Group (simple, complex and highly-technical transactions)
• Supervise, implement, monitor, and evaluate policies, rules, and regulations related to aviation and maritime operations, and trade facilitation
• Recommend to the Chairperson and the Board of Directors policies, projects, and proposals in pursuit of the corporate mandate, mission, vision, objectives and goals concerning the Operations Group
• Generate business and job opportunities by providing excellent port operations services while maintaining the highest level of ethical standards in customer relations at all times