PISFA president proves there’s ample room for women in cargo transport

The cargo transport and logistics industry is not an exclusively male field, but an area where women can excel as well, according to Philippine…

PPA ready for global challenges as it marks 43rd anniversary

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is celebrating its 43rd founding anniversary this year with the theme “43 years of Responding to Global Challenges in…

BOC’s tight balancing act: Trade facilitation and revenue generation

Much has transpired a year since Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon assumed the leadership of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in July 2016. He…

Cargo bus service underpins Quick Reliable’s customized logistics solutions

Supply chain solutions provider Quick Reliable (formerly known as QRS or Quick Reliable Courier Services, Inc.)  is bringing something new to the logistics scene:…

Manila truck ban a ‘policy failure with unintended consequences’- PIDS

State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) sees the Manila daytime truck ban as a policy failure, citing it as one of…

Shipping expert sees two scenarios in lifting of PH cabotage

Considering the cost of operating ships in the Philippines, a shipping executive sees only two options if the government is to revoke the cabotage…

High costs mar PH promise as transshipment hub

MCC Transport, the intra-Asia arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, still sees the Philippines as a potential transshipment hub in Asia, but notes…

TABS solutions provider seeks expansion to other PH ports

Freight and logistics solutions firm 1-Stop Connections Pty Ltd, provider of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) to Manila international terminals, is looking to…

10-year PH maritime roadmap for public presentation in April

The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) will present to stakeholders in April the 10-year Philippine maritime roadmap the agency is crafting as a key measure…

Davao box terminal eyes throughput recovery in 2017

Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) expects to breach the 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) mark this year with the expected recovery of banana plantations…

Going digital to unlock potential of PH air cargo industry

Cargo IT solutions provider CHAMP Cargosystems said it sees potential for further growth of the Philippine airfreight market if the industry can harness digitalization…

Few PH cargo service firms have reached full automation—SoftLink-PortCalls survey

Majority of logistics companies in the Philippines have yet to automate their operations citing, among others, the lack of expertise in IT as a…

Pacific Roadlink eyes stronger operations in VisMin in 2017

Depot operator Pacific Roadlink Logistics, Inc. (PRLI) is eyeing expansion into more areas, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao, next year as it foresees…

Why Region 3 has all the makings of a rising economic hot spot

The Philippines’ Region 3 has the potential to become one of the next trade growth areas outside of Metro Manila that investors and companies…