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Plan to implement TABS in North Harbor temporarily shelved
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Customs agents seize ship sailing in BIMP-EAGA with fake permit
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Cagayan de Oro seized a vessel and its cargo for allegedly using a falsified special permit to operate in…
Trucking groups hail construction of Harbor Link’s Radial Road 10 segment
Truckers welcome the government’s commitment to speed up construction of the 2.6-kilometer Radial Road 10 (R10) section of NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, saying…
BOC’s green lane still on ice
With no reports of port congestion so far, the green lane facility of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will continue to be suspended…
Calamba-Batangas freight train project set for feasibility study
Meralco subsidiary MRAIL Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the local government of Batangas to carry out a feasibility study on…
PH bill extending mandatory PSI to containerized imports being drafted
The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has approved the suggestion of Senator Franklin Drilon to draw up a resolution proposing to amend two administrative…
Malaysia’s customs, revenue collecting agency to co-audit all firms
The Royal Malaysian Customs Department and the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) will jointly undertake an audit of all companies in Malaysia in an effort…
Cebu port revises rules on free storage period extension for cargoes
The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has revised the guidelines for granting an extension of the free storage period for cargoes at the Port of…
DBP to put up P1.5B loan facility to bankroll PUV upgrade plan
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) will provide a P1.5 billion finance facility to fund the initial implementation of the Department of Transportation’s…
BOC seeks private sector partners for fuel marking project
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is asking providers of fuel marking products and services to help the agency implement its fuel marking program.…
TradeNet is online platform for PH National Single Window
The National Single Window (NSW) Steering Committee, a high-level team chaired by the secretary of the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF), has agreed to…
Improved PH ports head Mindanao businesses’ wish list
Mindanao chambers of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) are urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to…
DPWH, JICA enter second stage of PH road development plan
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will expand the coverage of a master plan on constructing…
BOC order applies conditional tax, duty exemption on returning OFWs’ imports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released the guidelines implementing conditional tax and duty exemption on the importations of returning Philippine residents and returning…
Cebu Pacific first PH airline to fly out of Changi Airport’s new T4
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) will be flying out of the new Terminal 4 (T4) of Singapore’s Changi Airport come November, becoming the first…
Trade in July up 2.2%; manufacturing down 1.1%
The Philippines’ total trade grew 2.2% in July 2017, recovering from a decline in June and backed by continuous improvement in the country’s exports,…
PPA, Haikou City now sister ports
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Port and Shipping Authority (PSA) of Haikou City in China have agreed to become sister ports in…
Aviation seen to grow despite political volatility, growing protectionism
In spite of protectionist policies, airport cargo volume and passenger traffic are expected to continue to rise rapidly over the next two years, propelled…
BOC begins penalizing late electronic air freight manifests
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finally begun enforcing penalties for the late submission of electronic air freight manifests, three months after hitting…
Int’l air forwarders in PH lift 2.5% less volume in 2016
Cargo volume handled by international air freight forwarders in the Philippines declined 2.5% last year to 292.556 million kilograms from 299.91 million kg in…
