Customs modernization act may be signed into law this week – Lina
The Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) may be signed into law by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III this week, Customs commissioner Alberto Lina…
Harbor Star subsidiary snags Malaysia charter contract
Malaysian tugboat and marine services provider Peak Flag Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of Philippine-based Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc., has secured a two-year charter…
Israeli shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services has announced sweeping changes to its organizational structure as part of a strategy to “build a lean…
The Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) has finally been approved by the Philippine Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee, one step away from the measure…
President Benigno Aquino III has expanded the jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) with three new port zones in Palawan. Aquino on January…
Right-of-way issue derails signing of P1B Manila-Laguna cargo train project
The signing of the P1-billion cargo rail project that will connect the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to a Laguna off-dock facility using the…
Indonesia addresses high logistics costs in ninth economic policy package
The Indonesian government has issued the ninth economic policy package which aims to deregulate the logistics industry to combat the country’s high logistics costs…
Trucks enrolled in TABS officially get truck ban exemption
Trucks participating in the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) have finally been granted exemption from the truck ban by the Metro Manila Council-Special Traffic…
PH logistics industry cautiously upbeat about 2016 prospects
Though showing varying levels of optimism, stakeholders in the Philippine cargo transport industry see 2016 as a generally positive year, but one still presenting…
Container shipping posted sluggish volume growth in 2015 that did not translate to higher freight rates, as both box and global gross domestics product…
BIR centralizes processing of applications for authority to release imported goods
Philippine importers of excisable products must now apply for the Authority to Release Imported Goods (ATRIG) only with the head office of the Bureau of…
The Philippine government is hoping to convince the consortium that pulled out from the bidding of the Davao-Sasa Port Modernization project to reconsider its…
Container throughput at the Port of Subic in northern Philippines jumped 59% in 2015 to 123,558 TEUs twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from 77,618 TEUs…
The Philippine government has increased the budgets and set goals for the country’s maritime and aviation agencies for 2016. Under the General Appropriations Act…
ICTSI upgrades BCT intermodal facility, set to open Congo terminal in mid-2016
International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) subsidiary Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has completed its railway terminal modernization project in the Gdynia, Poland facility last…
