The Quezon City government will implement a partial truck ban along Visayas and Mindanao Avenues from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 5…
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QC imposes partial truck ban on Visayas, Mindanao avenues
NLEX Corp resumes toll fee collection with pledge to solve RFID issues
NLEX Corp.’s business permit is reactivated after it was suspended by the Valenzuela City government over issues with the cashless toll collection scheme With…
Senate urges suspension of cashless toll collection scheme
The Senate wants the mandatory cashless toll collection program on expressways suspended following the massive gridlock it caused Senate Resolution 596 suggested actions to…
BOC seeks to avoid port congestion with return of truck ban
Bureau of Customs coordinating with terminal operators and shipping lines to avert congestion at Manila ports with the re-imposition of the Metro Manila-wide truck…
Truckers decry truck ban, fear further blow to struggling economy
• The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines is asking the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to reconsider its decision to re-impose the truck…
2 key Central Luzon Link Expressway sections completed
Two sections of the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX)—Tarlac Section and Rio Chico River Bridge Section—are 100% complete The finished sections form part of…
NLEX Corp. to relocate RFID installation stations to ease Valenzuela traffic
NLEX Corp. will transfer immediately the RFID sticker installation and account reloading stations located on North Luzon Expressway’s Karuhatan and Mindanao Avenue toll plazas…
ICTSI’s Polish terminal achieves historic 500,000th TEU move
Baltic Container Terminal (BCT), the Polish unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Gydnia, capped 2019 with a milestone…
Air cargo posts ‘only’ 2.5% decline in November — WorldACD
Total air cargo volumes were down by only 2.5% in November year-on-year, as load factors continued their steady climb from August 2019, according to…
First in ASEAN, PH accedes to UN treaty on digital trade
The Philippines has acceded to a UN treaty that aims to accelerate cross-border digital trade in the Asia-Pacific region, making it the first Southeast…
CTAP joins chorus of opposition to Navotas truck ban
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) is asking the Navotas City government to suspend the implementation of its limited truck ban…
Domestic carriers make counterproposal as Navotas truck ban looms
As the limited truck ban in Navotas City is set to start in January, domestic shipping lines are requesting the city government to implement…
TPLEX’s Sison-Rosario segment opens to public free of charge
The Sison-Rosario segment of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) has been formally opened on December 23. The 4-kilometer (km) segment is expected to cut…
BOC unveils rules activating EU Registered Exporters System
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued guidelines on implementation of the Registered Exporters (REX) System, which certifies origin of goods and which the…
BOC Aparri tops annual collection target
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Aparri has breached its 2019 revenue collection target weeks before the year closes, the second consecutive year…
Registration with EU exporters’ system extended until June
Philippine exporters have until June 30, 2020 to register with the European Union’s (EU) Registered Exporters (REX) system—the system that certifies the origin of…
PPA rolls out online application rules for vessel booking, payment
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has issued rules on the implementation of an online application procedure that will support an integrated vessel booking and…
BOC clears up processing timelines for consumption goods declaration
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has clarified timelines—specifically for customs personnel—for the processing of the consumption goods declaration (cGD) beginning from declaration lodgement to…
PAL boosts southern connections with launch of new flights
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is expanding its route network from Cebu and upgrading Zamboanga to a mini-hub with the introduction of three new routes designed…
Int’l shipping ready for IMO 2020 but anticipates ‘teething problems’
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) said the industry is prepared to comply with the UN International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) global sulfur cap (IMO…
