ASEAN forms data management group to integrate regional stats
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has launched the ASEAN Community Statistical System (ACSS) Committee to improve and integrate statistical data to help sharpen…
PH air negotiations with Taiwan, Russia to commence in December
The Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) will start air talks with Taiwan and Russia next month. CAB executive director Atty. Carmelo Arcilla in an…
PH shippers to Europe get more options with Daily Maersk
Maersk Line’s Daily Maersk service was formally launched last week. Ulf Kreutzfeldt, company sales director for Asia-Forwarders Segment, said Philippine shippers will benefit from…
PHILIPPINE shipping lines continue to endure poor facilities at the North Port—formerly North Harbor—18 months after Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) took over…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Kingdom have launched the UK-ASEAN Business Council (UK-ABC) to further promote trade and investment between…
PH agriculture agency to introduce new e-import processes
Starting next month, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) will allow traders to electronically file minimum access volume (MAV) import entries through value-added service…
Los Angeles, CA (October 25, 2011) – Vanguard Logistics Services announced three new direct services from East Asia to Chicago. Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard…
Philippine imports increased 10.4% to $4.926 billion in August from $4.461 billion year on year, according to latest data from the National Statistics Office.…
Evergreen Line said it will realign its fleet deployment and launch new weekly services effective November 2011 to better position itself for the growing…
Asia-Pacific air freight demand contracts 6.3% in September
Asia-Pacific carriers, the largest players in air cargo, sustained the biggest damage from the continued contraction in air freight demand, seeing volume in September…
APL advisory: branch offices in Thailand remain open
APL, the container shipping unit of the NOL Group, released a customer advisory that, with the heavy flooding in Thailand, acceptance of inbound cargo…
Japanese ocean carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) today revised downward its consolidated business outlook for fiscal year 2011 that was issued on July 29,…
Asia-Pacific air cargo volume drops 6.5% in September
Asia-Pacific’s international air freight markets continued to soften in September 2011, according to traffic figures released 27 October by the Association of Asia Pacific…
MCC makes contingency plans for Thailand floodings
MCC Transport, the intra-Asia container carrier of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, released a series of statements on 27 October 2011 concerning the massive flooding in Thailand…
