PH transport firm signs up for CRM solution

Magsaysay Transport and Logistics, Corp (MTLC) recently signed an agreement with IP Converge Data Center for use of the latter’s cloud-based Salesforce.com Customer Relationship…

Indonesia nixes Tanjung Priok port expansion plan

The government of Indonesia has canceled a plan to build a new container terminal at the Port of Tanjung Priok in North Kalibaru, citing…

Hapag-Lloyd’s new weekly service to enhance Asia-C. America connection

Hapag-Lloyd will start offering a new weekly service between California and Central America West Coast, replacing its current MXC. The new CCE (California-Central America…

TNT Express introduces special service for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals

Freight forwarder TNT Express has launched PharmaSafe, a specialized temperature-controlled service for transporting large quantities of pharmaceutical products, such as vaccines and insulin. PharmaSafe…

CMA CGM announces rate hikes on several markets

French ocean carrier CMA CGM announced a series of general rate increases (GRIs) on various trade routes as part of its revenue restoration program.…

NetFreight gets biggest-ever upgrade

  NetFreight – the browser-based multi-modal freight management system from Impatex – has just undergone its largest-ever upgrade, embodying many new and enhanced features.…

Hapag-Lloyd says Far East rates to go up by March

Hapag-Lloyd announced it will increase its rates on the Far East westbound trade by US$750 per 20-foot equivalent unit.   Effective March 1, 2012, the new…

AAPA: Weaker global trade deflates 2011 Asia-Pacific air freight volume

International air freight markets weakened for the full calendar year 2011 following a strong rebound in the preceding year, the latest traffic figures from…

Panalpina adds 6 direct intra-Asia LCL services

Freight forwarder Panalpina has launched six new direct less-than-container load (LCL) services on the intra-Asia trade through its in-house carrier Pantainer Express Line. The…

PH tanker operators eye volume growth this year

PHILIPPINE tanker operators expect revenue and volume growth this year despite soaring oil prices and economic uncertainty. Rates are also seen to hold steady.…

JG Summit keen on undertaking airport projects

JG Summit Holdings is eyeing at least four Philippine airport development projects under the government’s Public-Private Partnership program. The Philippine publicly listed company, which…

Mindanao’s ‘container highway’ to get P100M this year

The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is allotting P100 million this year to continue construction of the “container highway” connecting the…

Thailand faces crises and opportunities with AEC launch

Thailand should brace for the changes that the launch of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) connectivity plan will bring so the country…

Damco hires top executives to drive North Asia growth

Global freight forwarder Damco, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, announced the appointments of two key senior executives to lead the company’s drive for…

Mindanao terminal container throughput up 17% in 2011

Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in southern Philippines handled 210,507 twenty-foot equivalent units in 2011, 16.9% more than the previous year’s 180,000 TEUs and slightly…

More private investments in PH port, maritime sector urged

The Philippine government expects to generate more private sector investments for the port and maritime sector to underpin robust trade. Department of Transportation and…

PH private sector seeks government help for 24/7 operations in air, seaports

Philippine private sector representatives in the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reiterated the need for urgent government intervention to facilitate the implementation of 24/7 operations…

MOL ends Philippine feeder slot deal with OOCL

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is to cease in February its slot charter arrangement with Orient Overseas Container Line’s (OOCL) weekly Philippine feeder service PHF2…

Clark exports hit $2B in 2011

Exports out of Clark freeport zone, north of Manila, reached the $2-billion mark last year, three years earlier than projected. Clark-based enterprises shipped $2.258…

COSCO revises FAF on Far East-Middle East cargo

COSCO Container Lines announced it will institute a fuel adjustment factor (FAF) on the Far East to the Red Sea, Gulf and India Sub-Continent…