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DOF, Customs draft order on monitoring of containers
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PH shipowners clamor for a stronger ship registry
The Filipino Shipowners Association (FSA) is proposing a slew of measures that would enhance competitiveness of the Philippine ship registry. FSA chairman and president…
BOC starts imposing penalties on late submission of e-airfreight manifest
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has implemented the “switch-on” mode for the electronic submission of airfreight manifest, which will require stakeholders to submit…
Source code of WCO Customs Targeting System to be made available to public
The World Customs Organization said it is making the source code of the WCO Customs Targeting System (CTS) publicly available and placing it on…
Singapore domestic exports drop but re-exports expand
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) decreased slightly by 1.2% in May 2017, reflecting the fall in non-electronic exports off the high base a year…
Higher imports, oil prices boost BOC May collection by 3.4%
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P39.6 billion in revenue for May 2017, exceeding the target of P38.28 billion by 3.4%. The May…
PPA books 23% hike in Q1 income
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) posted a 23% increase in net income to P2.3 billion for the first three months of 2017 compared to…
Proposed order allowing BOC to charge OT fee opposed
The Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA) is against a draft customs administrative order (CAO) that charges the overtime fee of customs airport personnel to…
Transport agency determined to complete Metro Manila Subway Project before 2022
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has reiterated his directive that he wants the ambitious Metro Manila Subway Project finished before 2022, the end of the…
LTO mulls online application of driver’s license
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is planning to modernize its system to allow Philippine motorists to apply for their driver’s licenses and register their…
PH carriers pitch game plan for competitive domestic shipping sector
The Philippine Inter-Island Shipping Association (PISA) has identified strategies the government should undertake to support the association’s vision of a modern and competitive domestic…
Global economy shows positive turnaround for 2017—report
The current cyclical upswing and recovery in productivity will raise global growth to 2.9% in 2017, up from 2.5% last year, according to The…
Cambodian-based airline opens new flight route to KL
Cambodian-registered JC International Airlines (JC Cambodia) launched its new service to Malaysia with an inaugural flight to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (klia2) on June…
WCO releases latest HS classification decisions
The classification decisions taken by the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized System Committee (HSC) at its 59th session have now been published on the…
Consortium submits P208B Cebu airport expansion plan
GMR-Megawide, which operates Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), is proposing to construct a second runway and expand the airport for P208 billion. The consortium, composed…
DOTr eyes P217M to modernize several regional ports
Contractors are invited by the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) to bid for the development of eight ports across the Philippines with a total…
PPA corrects mistakes in new order on dollar-based port fees
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has corrected errors in its newly issued order that amends how foreign currency exchange rates (FCER) are prescribed and…
ASEAN+3 remains resilient amid global uncertainty—report
The ASEAN+3 region is expected to grow by 5.2% in 2017 and 5.1% in 2018 despite the global uncertainty, said a new report by…
Millennials, e-commerce altering supply chain, says study
E-marketplaces and other nontraditional shopping channels, combined with shifting demographics, are upending industrial distributors’ inventory-heavy model more rapidly than previously thought, a new white…
Indonesia’s Silangit Airport for upgrade to int’l hub
The Indonesian government is upgrading the Silangit Airport in North Tapanuli District to an international airport in 2017 to support access to Lake Toba,…
