PH guide for strategic goods classification rolled out
The Strategic Trade Management Office (STMO) has released guidelines for classifying strategic goods, whose import, export, transit, and transshipment now require authorization under the…
The Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines’ (SCMAP) has a new executive director in Corazon Curay. Curay replaces Norman Adriano, who has stepped…
Logistics among PCC priority sectors for anti-competition probe
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is adding logistics to its priority sectors for competition analysis and enforcement in 2019. In a year-end report, PCC…
PH exporters appeal for measures to ease empty container woes
The Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (Philexport) is calling on government and private sector stakeholders to work together to find solutions to the issue on…
CTAP seeks total scrapping of trucks’ maximum allowable weight rule
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CTAP) will ask the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to permanently suspend the…
Lazada charters flights to speed up delivery of 12.12 purchases
E-commerce firm Lazada has, for the first time, chartered flights to deliver to Filipinos overseas purchases bought from its online platform during the record-breaking…
Logistics provider QuadX enlists Zebra’s mobility solutions to boost business operations
QuadX, an expanding e-commerce logistics provider in the Philippines, has tapped Zebra Technologies Corp to boost efficiency and productivity. Harnessing the on-demand economy, QuadX…
PH MSMEs fare better when exporting to non-ASEAN countries—PIDS report
Philippine micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) exhibit better survival rates when they export to non-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries than to ASEAN…
BOC renews order requiring list of importables from importers
Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero again ordered the firm implementation of a ruling requiring a list of expected imports from importers applying for accreditation.…
The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) and Alibaba group have agreed to build a global smart logistics facility at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA),…
Lazada’s last-mile delivery fleet ships 1M parcels during shopping festivals
Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada said it drew a record-breaking 1.3 billion visits to its platforms during its 11.11 (November 11) and 12.12 (December…
House committee favors suspension of 15-year age cap on trucks for hire
The Lower House Committee on Metro Manila Development will ask the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to suspend its department order (DO) imposing a 15-year-old…
Gov’t, private groups sign ‘10 Commitments of PH Logistics Services Sector’
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Transportation (DOTr) and various cargo transportation organizations have agreed to collaborate on finding solutions to…
