PHILIPPINE Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas II is urging the banking sector to fund infrastructure projects under the Aquino administration, noting that these…
A one-kilometer “rapid exit taxiway” will be constructed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila next year to accommodate faster movement of…
November 9, 2011
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Bulk, breakbulk and general cargo imports in 3 ports
We are publishing a list of non-containerized import commodities that passed through the port of Batangas, sub-port of Bauan, and the port of Subic…
PHILIPPINE shipping lines continue to endure poor facilities at the North Port—formerly North Harbor—18 months after Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) took over…
PH port agency orders installation of more weighbridges
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has ordered all cargo-handling operators to install more weighbridges if the daily volume of containers and roll on-roll off…
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) will soon take delivery of eight brand new rubber-tired gantries (RTG) to support impending Berth 6 operations…
PHILIPPINE Transportation and Communications Secretary Manuel Roxas II last week unveiled a five-year P565-billion infrastructure plan, which includes development of ports in Davao, and…
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) board recently approved the detailed development design for North Port submitted by operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc (MNHPI).…
17% cargo-handling rate hike approved for Manila ports
THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has approved a 17% cargo-handling rate increase for vessel-related operations at Manila ports. Just like the last increase, the…
PH urged to divert cargo handling to ports outside Manila
THE Philippine government should shift development of ports and airports outside of Manila within three years to decongest Manila seaports and the Ninoy Aquino…
Maersk partners with Pelindo II on Indonesia port upgrade
Danish oil and shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has agreed to partner with top Indonesian port operator Pelindo II and pour more infrastructure resources into Indonesia…
Cebu is next port for radiation-detection equipment
The United States government plans to equip the Port of Cebu in southern Philippines with radiation-detection equipment by 2013. US Department of Energy (DOE)…
PH terminal operators push early cargo-handling rate hike
PHILIPPINE terminal operators International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) and Asian Terminals, Inc (ATI) are pushing for implementation of higher vessel-related cargo-handling rates as…
Maersk Line announced changes to its Far East-Mediterranean network from mid-September that are intended to improve its service. “With the new services we will be…
Cebu international container volume up 13% in 2010
Strong imports and exports powered Cebu Ports Authority’s (CPA) international container operations last year. For 2010, international containerized volume reached 202,213 twenty-foot equivalent units…
Manila ports to get US radiation-detection equipment
Equipment that can detect nuclear and other radioactive materials will be formally inaugurated on Sept 13 at the International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s Manila…
