PLSA: New North Port tariff ‘ambiguous’, favors operator
The Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) is requesting the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to define certain services under the recently approved tariff for other…
PPA hunting for space in Luzon to accept empty containers
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is looking to develop another port in Luzon—particularly in Bataan, to solve the current difficulty in returning empty containers.…
Marina’s new maritime roadmap identifies 8 flagship programs
The (Marina) has finally completed formulating the eight priority projects under the 10-year Maritime Industry Development Plan (MIDP). The projects include development of shipping…
Shipping industry presses to extend consortia block exemption in EU
Four international liner shipping groups are calling for an extension of the European Union’s consortia block exemption regulation (“BER”) for an additional five years…
Wallem’s San Diego voted PSAA president for third straight term
Arnel San Diego of Wallem Philippines Shipping, Inc. has been reelected for the third straight year as president of the Philippine Ship Agents Association…
PCC probes deeper into ICTSI purchase of North Harbor shares
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) entered the second phase of its review of the proposed acquisition by International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) of…
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS), has started inviting interested firms to provide consultancy services for…
Ship operating costs to rise in the next few years, says report
Global shipping consultancy Drewry forecasts that average vessel operating costs are set to accelerate over the short term after rising modestly for the second…
Lorenzo Shipping widens loss in first nine months to P188.9M
Philippine domestic carrier Lorenzo Shipping Corporation (LSC) reported a higher net loss of P188.9 million in the first nine months of 2018 compared to…
Integrated container logistics company A.P. Moller-Maersk has announced a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, which it says can be achieved if carbon-neutral…
Fitch Ratings: Healthy but slower growth for box shipping in 2019
Container shipping can look forward to healthy but slower volume growth in 2019 even as the overall global shipping sector’s outlook remains negative, reflecting…
SG releases technical guidance for ships ahead of IMO 2020
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) continues to prepare the Port of Singapore and Singapore-registered ships for the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO)…
DoTr push barging of empty containers to Subic port
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it will push shipping lines to return empty containers to North Port, Manila’s domestic terminal, where they can…
Box volume up 4% in Sep but demand slowdown unabated
In September, some 13.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) were shipped globally, bringing the full-year total up to 125.2 million TEUs, an improvement of…
Fees for additional services now part of Manila North Port official tariff
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has approved Manila North Harbour Port, Inc.’s (MNHPI) petition to include fees for additional services in North Port’s official…
Challenging outlook for shipping as new export orders fall—Bimco
The effects of rising trade barriers, capital flowing out of emerging market economies, and the elevated geopolitical risk are already being felt and bringing…
Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports in the first 10 months of 2018 rose 2.06% year-on-year as both foreign and domestic cargoes recorded increases…
