The Philippines has yet to disclose a new target date for linking up with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Single Window (ASW)…
PH ASEAN Single Window connectivity target date remains unclear
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MMDA emphasizes only TABS trucks not under truck ban
Only trucks and heavy vehicles participating in the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) are exempt from the truck ban, as agreed upon by the…
House transport body spills details about PH traffic crisis bill
The transport committee of the Lower House is drafting its substitute bill on granting the Philippine President emergency powers to address traffic problems in…
Changi Airport seeks higher pharma cargo handling capabilities
Singapore Changi Airport announced it is the first airport in Asia to join pharmaceutical-focused organization Pharma.Aero as a strategic member, alongside partner Singapore Airlines…
Vietnam e-customs system fitted with added enhancements
The General Department of Customs of Vietnam will soon activate a range of new functions in the e-customs system to facilitate customs processes while…
THE Alliance unveils plans for East-West service network
Members of THE Alliance have announced a shipping transport network offering consisting of 31 services covering all East-West trade lanes, tentatively set to start…
PH exports drive up cargo volume by 9% in first 9 months
Philippine exports posted the highest growth percentage in cargo volume in the first nine months of the year, pulling up the country’s total cargo…
BOC introduces draft rule on tax, duty-exempt import perks for OFWs
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) on the tax- and duty-exempt privileges for importations of personal and household effects by returning residents and overseas…
Cebu port sets cut-off delivery time for export cargo undergoing weighing
The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) is imposing a delivery cut-off period for outbound/export shipments that have been weighed before loaded onto a vessel at…
P4.6M in PH customs charges retrieved from 117 undervalued boxes
A total of P4.62 million in duties and taxes were recovered in the past four months from 117 containers that had grossly undervalued imported…
Only half of PH airports have commercial operations
Airports in the provinces are to be rehabilitated and modernized to meet international standards, provide international flights, and help decongest Ninoy Aquino International Airport…
PH to screen blacklisted Chinese firms bidding for projects
Companies that have a bad reputation in the international community will not be able to bid for projects in the Philippines, assured Finance Secretary…
PH gov’t to spend P8T on massive infrastructure agenda over next 6 years
The Philippine government has drawn up a list of 14 priority infrastructure projects for rollout over the next five years in a bid to…
IMO adopts oil usage data requirements, GHG roadmap for shipping
New mandatory requirements to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in international shipping have been recently adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Under the…
Seaborne shipping grows at slowest pace since 2009, future remains uncertain
Seaborne shipments passed 10 billion tons for the first time ever in 2015, up 2.1 per cent from 9.8 billion tons the year before,…
Mandatory global sulfur cap in shipping takes effect 2020
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has decided on January 1, 2020 as the implementation date for a significant reduction in the sulfur content of…
Asian air cargo carriers register 5.5% September traffic growth
Air freight carriers in the Asia-Pacific, along with other regional airlines except those in Latin America, witnessed a robust expansion in volumes for September,…
Container line’s loss deflates Maersk group profit in Q3
A.P. Moller-Maersk delivered a profit of US$438 million in the third quarter, down from $778 million in the same period last year, negatively impacted…
Higher freight rates seen as supply-demand gap improves
Container shipping’s massive supply-demand imbalance is expected to narrow going into 2017, leading to higher freight rates for box shippers, according to shipping analysts.…
BOC names key officials, including deputies
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed five new senior officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In separate letters signed on October 17 by…
