Exports out of Clark freeport zone, north of Manila, reached the $2-billion mark last year, three years earlier than projected. Clark-based enterprises shipped $2.258…
PHILIPPINE-BASED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has allotted $250 million to construct Terminal 2 at Mexico’s Port of Manzanillo. ICTSI said…
Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok port to install IT system to ease traffic
Pelindo II, Indonesia’s state-owned port operator, announced that the Port of Tanjung Priok in north Jakarta, the country’s main shipment gateway, will have a…
PSA International 2011 box throughput tops 57-M units
PSA International said it handled 57.09 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers at its port projects worldwide in 2011, an increase of 5.6…
China harbor and port revenue up 10 percent in 2011—report
China’s harbor and port operations revenue for the freight transportation industry is expected to total US$39.4 billion by the end of 2011, up 10 percent…
Despite the global economic turbulence and the shipping industry’s woes in 2011, the port of Singapore chalked up impressive statistics last year, firming up…
ICTSI orders new container handling equipment for Philippine, Mexican operations
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) recently placed orders for new state-of-the-art container handling equipment for its operations in Mexico and the Philippines. “The…
Philippine-based port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) is making a follow-on bond offering to finance port projects not only in the…
Planned Davao terminal causes little stir among lines
The P2.7-billion container terminal to be constructed by the Anflocorp Group of Companies in Davao City in the Philippine island grouping of Mindanao may…
Port congestion obstacle to Maersk expansion plans in PH
Port problems in southern Philippines, particularly Davao and Cagayan de Oro, in the island grouping of Mindanao, have held up expansion plans for Maersk…
Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), ICTSI’s terminal in Batumi, Georgia recently signed a new Terminal Services Agreement (TSA) on tariffs and streamlined terms of…
Congestion hits Mindanao port; lines seek port expansion
DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES — International shipping lines are clamoring for immediate expansion of Sasa Wharf in Davao port in the island grouping of Mindanao…
Bidder status of Davao port cargo handler still unclear
DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has yet to decide whether it will automatically consider Davao Integrated Port Stevedoring Services, Corp…
Pilotage fee compromise deal struck at Mindanao port
The Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) and the United Harbor Pilots Association of the Philippines (UHPAP) have agreed on a compromise deal that will…
PH port districts predict 1-11% volume growth for ’12
The five port district offices (PDOs) under the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) — Manila and North Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Southern…
By 2022, Philippine port operator Asian Terminals, Inc (ATI) expects to handle 1.9 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at its South Harbor terminal, double…
