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Infrastructure best long-term remedy for PH road, port congestion—World Bank

The World Bank recommends investment in infrastructure as the long-term measure for the Philippines to solve the worsening congestion problems on roads and in…
  • January 19, 2015
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Kerry Logistics attempts to expand in ASEAN with Indonesia JV

Asian freight forwarder Kerry Logistics has formed a joint-venture company in Indonesia as it seeks to tap into the country’s growing supply chain network…
  • January 19, 2015
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Port of Manila open during Papal visit

The Port of Manila (Manila International Container Terminal [MICT], South Harbor, North Port and Harbour Centre Port Terminals, Inc) and Tacloban port will be…
  • January 14, 2015
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PH exporters ask for freeze on BOC stuffing policy

Philippine exporters are asking the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to hold off on implementing a 2010 directive that requires a customs official to be…
  • January 14, 2015
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Manila North Harbor cargo-handling tariff up 8% from Jan 19

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has granted an 8% increase in cargo handling tariff at the Manila North Harbor, the country’s main domestic port,…
  • January 11, 2015
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Cut storage rates for overstaying boxes, PH government urged

The Philippine government should review its policy on increased storage rates for overstaying foreign inbound containers because it has led to increasing overall logistics…
  • January 11, 2015
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In anticipation of Papal visit, private sector pushes more port decongestion measures

The private sector is proposing several measures for the government to undertake in order to ease port utilization expected to be made worse by…
  • January 11, 2015
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Exporters caught unawares by BOC ruling requiring notice of stuffing

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is gradually implementing at all ports a 2010 directive requiring the presence of a customs official during stuffing of…
  • January 11, 2015
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15 infra programs key to PH connectivity to rest of ASEAN — WB

The World Bank pinpointed 15 infrastructure projects worth P495.84 billion under the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) scheme that it said are essential for the…
  • January 11, 2015
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Empty container return system in pilot run this month

The Web-based system that will organize the return of empty containers to depots in the Philippines is scheduled for pilot testing this month. An…
  • January 11, 2015
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EDC eyes PH regulatory body to ensure fair shipping charges

The public-private Export Development Council (EDC) is pushing for the establishment of a Philippine regulatory body that will ensure shipping lines charge fair prices,…
  • January 11, 2015
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BIR eases accreditation burden of importers, customs brokers

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has trimmed the documentary requirements of importers and customs brokers who have transactions at the Bureau of Customs…
  • January 9, 2015
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Maersk Line opens Subic weekly service as congestion continues to plague Manila

Maersk Line, the container shipping arm of oil and shipping giant A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, has started calling at Subic port to provide an alternative…
  • January 8, 2015
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Aviation fuel surcharge in PH jettisoned

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has lifted the authority of airlines to impose a fuel surcharge on domestic and international cargoes, noting it is…
  • January 8, 2015
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Return of trucks on Roxas Blvd pushed to avert port congestion

Philippine truckers are again asking the government to open the use of Roxas Boulevard from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. after the visit of…
  • January 8, 2015
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Subic box throughput jumps 106% to surpass 2014 target

Container volume handled at Subic port surged 104.6% to 76,652 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from January to December 2014 from 37,469 TEUs for the…
  • January 8, 2015
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Truck rates to stay unchanged despite lower oil prices, says CTAP

Truck rates for international cargoes will not decline despite plunging global oil prices, according to Philippine truckers. Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines…
  • January 8, 2015
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BOC introduces new formula to simplify automobile tax collection

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released a new order that simplifies and unifies the computation of duties, taxes, and other charges for brand-new…
  • January 8, 2015
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