Arguably, the advent of plastics has enabled modern supply chains. New packaging materials has allowed products – especially perishables – to go further…
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Your Freight Management Goes Mobile
The speed at which technology has evolved in the last decade has left many logistics companies gasping for breath. While the big players are…
Clark airport follows MIAA lead, terminates MIASCOR
Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) terminated its contract with service provider MIASCOR Ground Handling Corporation in the wake of a recent luggage theft incident…
ICAO: Continued passenger growth, robust air cargo demand in 2017
A record 4.1 billion passengers were carried by the aviation industry on scheduled services in 2017, while air cargo made a strong recovery last…
No outright clearance for Hyundai shipments, says BOC chief
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Friday said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has not given absolute clearance to Hyundai Asia Resources Inc. (HARI) on its…
Indonesian trade surplus expands to $11.8B
Indonesia registered a surplus of US$11.84 billion in its international trade last year, larger than the previous year’s $9.53 billion and the biggest since…
Japan’s Big Three gets final approval to launch JV
Japanese ocean liners Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) announced they have completed securing all…
MIASCOR loses contract at Manila airport, will appeal decision
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will no longer renew the contract of MIASCOR Ground Handling Corporation following recent incidents of baggage pilferage involving…
Maritime piracy reaches 22-year low—report
A total of 180 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB)…
3 is the limit for processors at BOC
The Philippine Bureau of Customs is limiting to three the number of authorized representatives or processors transacting with the customs agency on behalf of…
New BOC order: Only BOC chief can approve, disapprove importer, broker accreditation
The Philippine Customs commissioner is now the sole authority authorized to approve and disapprove the accreditation of importers and customs brokers under a new…
Thailand removed from US notorious markets list
Thailand’s efforts to crack down on intellectual property (IP) violations have been recognized by the United States, which recently published a report that left…
FedEx Shanghai express and cargo hub starts operations
Global express transportation company FedEx Express (FedEx) recently announced the official opening of its new Shanghai International Express and Cargo Hub located at Shanghai…
Higher shipping rates seen as PH carriers impose recovery charge
Most members of the Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) will impose a recovery charge following imposition of the excise tax on fuel under the…
BOC turns over P129M worth of dangerous drugs to PDEA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) its biggest seizure of dangerous drugs to date, intercepted…
Maersk, IBM to form blockchain JV to digitize global supply chains
Transport and logistics giant A.P. Moller-Maersk and IBM, a blockchain, supply chain, and interoperability solutions provider, announced January 16 plans to establish a joint…
CAAP, PPA remit P7.34B in 2017 dividends to national gov’t
Transport agencies Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) have remitted billions of pesos to the national coffers in…
P22.6B contract on Cebu expressway development signed
Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) and subsidiary Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corporation (CCLEC) have signed with Cebu Link Joint Venture (CLJV) the contract to design…
MRAIL secures ISO certification for quality management system
Meralco subsidiary and rail company MRAIL Inc. has been conferred by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) a certification for ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management…
BOC announces new appointments
Eighteen Bureau of Customs officials have been assigned to new posts in the latest appointments approved by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Dominguez recently…
