Manado-Bitung Toll Road On 16 January 2014, local authorities passed responsibility to acquire land for the
Manado–Bitung Toll Road to the Public Works Ministry, although the initiation of works after the formality would take some time. The construction of the
toll road was expected to cost
Rp 6.7 trillion (
US$ 503 million). It was completed in early 2022, and formally opened on 25 February 2022.
Davao-Bitung Roll-On Roll-Off Ferry Service |alt= On 28 April 2017,
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and
Indonesia President Joko Widodo inaugurated the Davao-Bitung Roll-on Roll-Off Ferry Service that will allow journey time of just three days between two cities. The original shipping route from
Davao City in
Mindanao,
Philippines, took up to five weeks, because ships first have to sail northwards to
Manila, passing through
South China Sea and
Malaysia waters before it reaches various ports in Indonesia. Under the programme, there are 5 to 10 companies who will use the initial voyage of the
Cebu-based Asia Marine Transport Corp.'s M/V
Super Shuttle RORO 12 with a 500
TEU capacity. Among the goods to be traded include
animal feeds, aqua products,
charcoal,
coffee beans, construction materials,
copra, feed ingredients,
fertilisers, food and beverages, fresh fruits, ice cream products, meats,
peanuts,
poultry (
halal),
soya, sugar, and synthetics. By 2019, however, the route had ceased operations due to a lack of demand caused by similarities in commodities produced by the two cities. ==Climate==