Passenger traffic moderates, freight volume still declining in July—ACI
Asia-Pacific’s airports performed the best in passenger traffic in July, a month that saw global passenger movement continuing to moderate, according to Airports Council…
Maersk upgrades warehousing, distribution with cloud-based IT solutions
A.P. Moller-Maersk will extend its end-to-end container logistics services by adopting cloud-based digital solutions for its warehousing and distribution services. Maersk said it will…
Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) passenger and cargo figures declined in double-digit terms in August 2019 as mass protests staged at the airport compounded…
Shipping groups call on all countries to fully implement IMO 2020
The shipping industry is urging the strict and full implementation of the fuel sulfur cap, saying it found “disturbing” the reports that some countries…
PH sees much improvement in 2019 trade facilitation score
The Philippines has significantly improved its score in the 2019 United Nations (UN) Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation to 80.65% from…
Application for registration to export strategic goods starts Oct
The Strategic Trade Management Office (STMO) will start accepting applications for registration to export strategic goods by next month. STMO director Atty. Luis Catibayan,…
Air passenger growth shows resilience, cargo volumes contract in 2018—ACI
Passenger numbers continued to reflect resilient growth while the air cargo market did not do so well last year amid global uncertainties, according to…
TradeNet interface with ASEAN Single Window still on in Nov despite snag: BOC
Testing of the Philippines’ interconnection to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Single Window (ASW) has been put on hold, but the Department…
Global liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has expanded its digital product portfolio by offering its customers an online marine insurance. German-based Hapag-Lloyd said “Quick Cargo…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has lined up several short-, medium- and long-term automation projects covering, among others, informal entries, e-commerce shipments and postal…
BOC post-clearance audit group on track to hit P4B target
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Post-Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) has collected more than half of its P4-billion target this year from importers availing of…
Duterte proposes elimination of customs brokers, examiners
President Rodrigo Duterte is proposing to do away with customs brokers and examiners from the customs system, saying doing so would “cut corruption overnight”.…
CMA CGM reports volume, profit growth in Q2 from strong intraregional lanes
French transport and logistics provider CMA CGM said its shipping business remained strong in the second quarter, with significant improvement in volumes carried and…
Thailand’s main airport to be outfitted with x-ray machines
The Customs Department of Thailand will install 23 x-ray machines at the country’s main international airport before the end of 2019 and operationalize them…
Trade war heavily disrupting global air freight lanes—IATA
Trade tensions are making a significant impact on the entire air cargo industry, with the poor performance of Asia-Pacific airlines a major contributor to…
Digital transformation of maritime shipping accelerating, says report
The digital transformation of the maritime freight market is growing at an impressive rate as the sector seeks to improve transparency and response time…
