Port of Subic

The Port of Subic, Subic, Zambales, Philippines, is located in the vicinity of Subic Bay, One of the Philippines Finest harbours and most strategically based. The Port of Subic is one of the busiest, largest, historical and most important of Ports in the Philippines Islands.

Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores was formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility known as the,U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, it is now the location of an industrial and commercial area known as the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBF) under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). The bay is surrounded by the town of Subic and Olongapo City, both in the province of Zambales and the town of Morong in the province of Bataan in the east. Also in the bay are Grande Island, once home to Fort Wint, and was later turned into a rest and recreation island for the U.S. Seventh Fleet.

History:

Subic Bay, and the port areas have experienced many events in Philippine History, This may be contributed to the fact that the Subic Bay Port area and general areas of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone was once a U.S Naval Base and Spanish Naval base, which meant Subic Bay Port and Areas took part in the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War until Subic Bay was handed back to the Philippines, and the Port was developed into what it is today.