PH terminal operators push early cargo-handling rate hike
PHILIPPINE terminal operators International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) and Asian Terminals, Inc (ATI) are pushing for implementation of higher vessel-related cargo-handling rates as…
Maersk Line announced changes to its Far East-Mediterranean network from mid-September that are intended to improve its service. “With the new services we will be…
The Asia New Zealand Discussion Agreement (ANZDA) will impose peak season surcharges on its Asia-New Zealand routes from October 2011. Asianshipper.com reports that ANZDA…
Cebu international container volume up 13% in 2010
Strong imports and exports powered Cebu Ports Authority’s (CPA) international container operations last year. For 2010, international containerized volume reached 202,213 twenty-foot equivalent units…
The Philippine Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is expected to allow engagement of armed personnel on board international-going Philippine-flagged vessels in a bid to prevent…
Container ships encroaching on reefer territory—report
The specialist reefer industry is expected to end strong in 2011, but increasing competition from the containerized sector could force it to contract and…
Manila ports to get US radiation-detection equipment
Equipment that can detect nuclear and other radioactive materials will be formally inaugurated on Sept 13 at the International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s Manila…
MCC Transport has announced a series of revisions beginning September 2011 to its services linking Asian destinations. The intra-Asia specialist carrier of Denmark-based AP…
CMA CGM’s rating was downgraded by Moody’s on September 8, 2011, increasing the possibility of default, even as the credit-rating firm described the carrier’s…
Wan Hai Lines (WHL) and Interasia Lines (IAL) together will launch a new direct service to Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Malaysia effective September…
Philippine shipping lines are batting for a uniform policy on tug assistance and rates for special services to prevent overcharging. Philippine Liner Shipping Association…
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) plans to apply a general rate increase (GRI) on its Southeast Asia-Australia lanes in October, the Hong Kong-based ship operator…
The leadership change at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) may affect some of the agency’s automation projects, including the Automated Export Declaration System (AEDS)…
September 6, 2011
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Namsung Shipping of Korea enters the Philippines
Korea-based carrier Namsung Shipping Co., Ltd. recently announced the appointment of AAI Freightmovers Worldwide Inc. (AAIFWI)-Shipping Division as its general agent in the Philippines…
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is pushing for the Philippines-Indonesia Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) project as a prelude to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
Shippers seek to block liner collaboration in Asia-Pacific
Shippers’ groups are urging regulators in the Asia-Pacific region to ban liner conferences in the same way Europe has, saying collective carrier actions are…
