Global port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has bought all shares of a port operator in Mexico for US$54.5 million. In a…
PEZA locators get automatic accreditation from BOC
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is automatically accrediting Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locators as long as they pay an activation fee and present…
Reimond Silvestre (right), general manager of the New Muara Container Terminal Services in Brunei, recently met with Customs deputy commissioner for Internal Administration Arturo Lachica…
Four more companies have bought bid documents to take a shot at nailing the contract for the P17-billion Davao Sasa modernization project, which brings…
Shipbuilding and ship repair (SBSR) companies have formed the Philippines’ first national association for shipyards. The Shipyards Association of the Philippines (SHAP) will represent…
Israeli shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services returned to profit in the first quarter of 2015 despite decreases in revenue and volume, attributing the…
BOC shelves pre-shipment inspection for container cargo
Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina is not keen on implementing a pre-shipment inspection (PSI) on containerized cargoes despite the practice already being conducted for bulk and break…
The first phase of the Laguna Gateway Inland Container Terminal (LGICT), the dry port of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) in Laguna, is…
Maersk Line leads box ships in improved service reliability
On-time performance for box ships improved sharply in April, and the trans-Pacific trade made the biggest jump in reliability with the resolution of the…
Box carriers start joint loops between Asia-ECSA trade
Japanese box shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced the launch of new joint services with Denmark’s Maersk Line and Swiss carrier Mediterranean Shipping…
