Pacific International Lines, or PIL, announced a revised port rotation for its China Transpacific Service (CTS) that will improve the transit time from the…
PH President plans proper roads, ports to boost Mindanao growth
THE Aquino administration is focused on improving the transportation and logistics systems in Mindanao. “The goal: to see a Mindanao economy no longer stifled…
Senate bills seek to address key maritime, transport and trade issues in PH
SEVEN Senate bills that concern the Philippine trade and transport industries, including ones calling for the creation of a new maritime department and modernization…
PH Customs readies port accreditation to fight smuggling
A PORT accreditation system that would limit imports of sensitive commodities to certain ports could be in place soon after the Philippine Department of…
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) posted unaudited consolidated net income of US$82.9 million for the first six months of this year, up 18%…
PH business group seeks to expand trading with Manado
THE Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is putting together a trade mission that will seek to expand trading between Mindanao and Manado…
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), parent company of container shipping giant Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), suffered a loss of US$15.3 million for the…
OOCL launches intra-SE Asia and Asia-East Med networks
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has opened a new service network between Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, especially a direct service to Pasir Gudang in…
Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd has announced a peak season surcharge (PSS) adjustment and a general rate increase for the East Asia westbound route to be implemented…
ZIM adds new Asia-West Coast Central America sling
Israel-based Zim Integrated Shipping is introducing a new Asia-West Coast Central America service, connecting the ports in the West Coast of Central America with…
Intra-Asia carrier MCC Transport has launched a new Yangon feeder service to improve connectivity between the growing economy of Myanmar and the global marketplace…
Move to repeal cabotage law in PH gains shippers’ support
MINDANAO businesses have welcomed Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s call to amend the cabotage law. “Mindanao’s business community has long been clamoring for the amendment…
Volume slips at Mindanao box terminal, but recovery under way
CARGO throughput at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Misamis Oriental, southern Philippines, declined 1.84% to 17,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in June from…
Geneva-based carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) will receive new box ships with a total capacity of 473,000 TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units) from 2009 to 2016…
