Container Stacker Orient Overseas Container Line announced an increase in its freight rates for traffic from Southeast Asia to Australia from August 1, 2011.

In a statement on June 30, the Hong Kong-based container shipping and logistics service company said rates for its Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Indian Subcontinent and Middle East)-Australia lane services will be increased by US$300 per twenty foot equivalent unit (TEU).

The new rates represent the next phase of the company’s revenue-recovery program for its Southeast Asia-Australia services, OOCL said.

You May Also Like

PH bulk, break bulk terminals need improvement, PPA told

Along with improving container ports, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) should also develop bulk and break bulk terminals, according to a port executive. Ramon…

Return xrays to Mindanao port premises, shippers press BOC

Importers shipping through the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) have again asked for the return of x-rays to within the port area to do away…

BOC commissioner’s office takes over tax credit, refund applications

All tax credit or tax refund applications with the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will now be coursed through the Office of the Commissioner…

PH leaps 29 spots in World Bank’s Doing Business ranking

The Philippines jumped 29 notches to 95th place out of 190 economies in the World Bank’s (WB) latest Ease of Doing Business (EODB) report.…