The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended its working hours at major ports to accommodate the increase in volume traffic. In a public…
BOC extends work hours at key gateways
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This year SCMAP enters its 28th year of existence. A lot has happened in those years, not least the evolution of this organization, from…
Logistics — Diminishing Boundaries, Expanding Horizons
There has been enormous transformation in the logistics space over the past several years. New innovations and technologies have made a lasting and irreversible…
Batangas Port books record car imports last year
Batangas Port, two hours south of Philippine capital Manila, capped 2016 with a record-breaking performance, handling over 200,000 completely built imported car units (CBUs)…
First-time PH corn exports seen with production at record highs
The Philippines for the time is ready to export corn to neighboring countries in the region as corn harvests this year are seen to…
BOC imposes strict ‘no import permit, no release’ policy for rice shipments
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now strictly prohibiting the entry of rice into the Philippines without the importer showing an import permit…
Mindanao Container Terminal throughput rebounds with 20% growth in 2016
Container traffic at Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) grew 20% to 212,678 twenty-foot equivalent units (in 2016 from 177,217 TEUs in 2015, data from the…
House transport body clears draft PH traffic crisis bill minus emergency powers
The Philippine Lower House Committee on Transportation (COTr) unanimously approved in principle House Bill (H.B.) No. 4334, or the Traffic Crisis Act of 2016.…
Malaysia to build mega port complex to serve Strait of Malacca
A proposed port industrial city in Malaysia’s Carey Island costing MYR200 billion (US$45 billion) could become operational by 2025 once approved by the government.…
Cathay Pacific restructuring looms amid increasing competition
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways is to review its organizational structure and effect a massive revamp, cost reduction, and job layoffs in response to…
BIR reminds importers, brokers to renew accreditation
The Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has released the list of 204 importers and customs brokers that must renew their accreditation with the…
PPA Jan-Nov profit overshoots target by 70%
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) posted a 17% hike in net profit in the first 11 months of 2016, anchored on its strong financial…
Davao City-General Santos-Bitung sea lane slated for launch in April
A new, shorter sea route between the Philippines and Indonesia will open up in late April, the project expected to enhance connectivity between the…
Transport, logistics priority sectors for Japan’s $9B PH aid, investments
The Japanese government has pledged US$9 billion in investments and official development assistance (ODA) in support of the Philippines’ infrastructure build-up and anti-drug campaign,…
AirAsia appeals for more seat rights to Saigon, Jakarta
The Philippine unit of low-cost carrier AirAsia is seeking regulatory approval for traffic rights to Vietnam and Indonesia. AirAsia Philippines has filed two separate…
Eisma officially takes over as SBMA administrator
Lawyer Wilma Eisma has formally taken over as administrator and chief executive officer of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). Predecessor Roberto Garcia turned over…
OOIL refutes OOCL bid reports
Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), operator of box carrier Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), announced that it is not aware of or…
Malaysian firm to buy 70% stake in Malacca port operator
Malaysia’s MMC Corp, a utilities and infrastructure group, has taken steps to acquire shares in KMB Seaport, the operator of Tanjung Bruas Port in…
New task force eyes zero rice smuggling in PH
An inter-agency task force that includes the National Food Authority (NFA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) has been created to prevent rice smuggling in…
All set for rail common station construction in Dec
The construction of the mass transit railway Common Station project will start in December this year following the signing by the Philippine Department of…
