The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) has recalled the detail of several customs officials assigned to the customs agency in the past few years…
DOF recalls officials detailed to BOC
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Website of ICTSI’s Manila hub reflects new TABS functions
Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has added new features on the website of its flagship Manila International Container Terminal’s (MICT), allowing…
Aviation veterans take CAAP top posts
Capt. Antonio G. Buendia has been appointed director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), leading new blood taking over the…
5 PH carriers sign on to keep NAIA washrooms pristine
Toilet jokes about the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) may soon be a thing of the past. Local airlines in the Philippines have signed…
Vietnam firms upbeat about production expansion
Majority of Vietnam’s processing and manufacturing businesses are optimistic about production prospects in the second half of 2016, according to survey results released by…
SK gov’t reveals aid plan for distressed export sector
South Korea has come up with programs to boost exports by encouraging the business sector to upgrade their goods and invest in potential future…
Transportation Crisis
The new administration has gone to work, and one of the first proposals is the giving of emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte…
Air, sea freight carriers’ confidence still down in June, says Ti
Overall confidence levels in the logistics sector remained negative in June, although they continued to edge up toward the neutral 50 point mark, according…
Box freight rates foreseen to rise 8% in 2017
Container freight rates are forecast to rise modestly over the next 18 months from the all-time lows reached recently, but this will not be…
Tourism, consumer spending bolster Thai economy as exports ebb
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has resolved to keep its economic growth outlook for 2016 at 3.1% after tourism growth and domestic consumption continued…
Slack regional, global trade squeezing Asia air cargo carriers’ yields
Along with most other international airlines, Asia-Pacific carriers continue to reel from dwindling demand and increasing yield pressure, according to data released by the…
Some PH truck owners exempt anew from anti-overloading law
Philippine truck operators have again been given more time to meet requirements before the anti-overloading law is imposed on trucks under Codes 12-2 and…
Hasten sale of overstaying containers, foreign lines in PH press BOC
The Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) is reiterating its call for the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) leadership to speed up auction and…
Manila North Harbour revamp 25% ahead of schedule
Port operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) is infusing almost P2 billion this year to complete Phase 1 of Manila North Harbour’s modernization,…
Harbor Star earmarks P220M for PH investment, service expansion
Philippine listed marine service provider Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. (HSSI) is allocating around P220 million for capital expenditure this year as it seeks…
BOC chief eyes 5-hour cargo clearance
New Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon plans to reduce to five hours from five days the processing time for shipments at the Bureau of…
PH ports’ online portal goes live
Route traffic and ship calls at Philippine ports are among the details that may be viewed on a newly launched website developed by the…
BIC container tare weight database goes live
The new database of container tare weight data recently announced by the Bureau International des Containers (BIC) is now live, with more than half…
VN’s economy, exports improve over 5% in first semester
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of the year rose an estimated 5.5% year-on-year, of which the industry and construction sector…
Thailand to carry out $5.7B development plan for 6 airports
The Airports of Thailand (AOT) has announced immediate plans to develop six of Thailand’s main international airports to accommodate the growing tourism sector. AOT…
