More shipping lines operating in the Philippines are now connected to GoFast, the web-based system of the Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) that…
More PH carriers sign up with online empty-container returns system
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RCEP leaders eye conclusion of talks in 2018
Leaders of the 16 countries participating in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks have reiterated their commitment to forge the deal and are…
Hapag-Lloyd delivers higher profit as UASC synergy brings gains
German ocean liner Hapag-Lloyd closed the third quarter of 2017 with a significant positive group net profit and a much improved operating result (EBIT)…
Fourth Industrial Revolution a challenge to ASEAN integration—study
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) need to improve their collaboration if they are to deal successfully with the profound…
Harbor Star profit dives 17% in first three quarters
Marine services provider Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. (HSSSI) reported a profit of P68.439 million for the first nine months of 2017, 16.8% lower…
PH, Korea strike deal broadening air connectivity
The Philippines and South Korea have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on air services that sets air traffic entitlements to 20,000 seats…
Cebu Pacific, Cebgo income up in Q3, but down in Jan-Sep
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific and subsidiary Cebgo reported a consolidated net income of P4.376 billion for the first nine months of 2017, a decrease…
Turn Your Freight Services Into a World-Class Offering
As a freight forwarder, offering to merely move goods from origin to destination is not enough. Shippers today are looking for partners in logistics…
9% hike in Batangas terminal cargo handling fees gets green light
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has approved a 9% increase in cargo-handling charges for foreign containerized cargoes at Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) effective November…
BOC probing big disparity between China and PH trade figures
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now checking the massive gap it has uncovered between China’s recorded export volumes to the Philippines and…
ICTSI income up 11% in first three quarters, but down 9% in Q3
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) reported an 11% increase in net income to US$168.1 million in the first nine months of 2017, up…
Harbor Link Segment 10 open by Q1 2018
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Harbor Link Segment 10, an elevated expressway linking MacArthur Highway in Valenzuela City and C3 Road in Caloocan City,…
PH production index sags in September
Decreases in the production of petroleum, transport equipment, and export-oriented products led to the decline in Philippine manufacturing output for September 2017, according to…
BOC-BIR regional anti-smuggling scheme moves forward
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has instructed district collectors of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to coordinate with counterpart regional directors in the Bureau…
Miascor lounge inaugurated in Clark
Clark International Airport Corp (CIAC) president and CEO Alexander Cauguiran (left) and Miascor President and CEO Tristan Dumlao recently cut the ribbon officially opening…
2 ex-customs officers get DOTr posts
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed two customs officials who resigned in the wake of corruption allegations to two attached agencies of the Department of…
NLEX toll fees up P0.25 per km
Tollway company NLEX Corporation has adjusted toll fees in North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) following the provisional approval of the expressway’s closed system toll rates…
PH customs chief issues protocols on drug operations
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has issued rules for proper handling of apprehended drugs to avoid a repeat of the multi-billion peso methamphetamine hydrochloride…
Integration Non-Stop
Today marks the beginning of the 31st ASEAN Leaders’ Summit, marking fifty years since the founding of the regional community, and the culmination…
Emerging economies to fuel air traffic growth through 2040—report
Global air passenger traffic is expected to continue its strong growth trajectory over the next several years while expansion in air cargo volumes will…
