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China highlights efficiencies from integration of Customs clearance processing
As of August 5, Northeast China has been implementing the Customs Regional Clearance Integration (RCI) for 100 days, to the benefit of more than…
Asia-Europe box rates plummet 23% as GRI attempt fizzles
Container freight rates on the Asia-Europe trade fell 23% last week, or by US$175, to $588 per TEU as the latest September 1st general…
Evergreen orders 10 more 2,800-TEU ships for intra-Asia loop
As east-west trade lanes continue to prove challenging for ocean carriers, the Evergreen Group has announced another order for ten 2,800-TEU vessels it plans…
Singapore Customs’ new strategic goods control rules take off November
Singapore’s Customs announced it will implement from early November changes to its policies on strategic goods control that will impact on the state’s strategic…
Indonesia outlines stimulus package to prop up sagging economy
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has unveiled a new economic policy package that aims to stimulate the national economy amid a highly uncertain global setting.…
HK port box traffic goes slack in Q2 and H1
The Port of Hong Kong handled fewer standard containers in the second quarter of the year, serving 5.3 million twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) to post…
ABC Airlines launches Russia-Singapore freight service
Singapore Changi Airport has welcomed the addition of new cargo services from AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC). The international freighter carrier, which is part of the…
Fewer BOC forms to generate savings of P180M a year
The recently issued Customs Memorandum Order 29-2015, which scraps the need for some customs forms, will mean savings of at least P15 million a…
Sugar importer slapped with smuggling charge
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling-related cases against an importer and several individuals for allegedly bringing in illegally P13.6 million worth of…
DHL Global Forwarding appoints new PH chief
Imran Shaikh is now the new head of logistics company DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) Philippines, Inc. Shaikh was appointed country manager of DGF Philippines…
Vietnam launches technical link to ASEAN Single Window
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung led ceremonies implementing the country’s National Single Window (NSW) and its technical connection to the Association of Southeast…
US-Asia box lines attempt ‘phased’ rate hikes October-December
Box carriers on the U.S.-Asia export trade lane announced plans to impose gradual rate increases from early October as part of their attempt to…
Singapore, Hong Kong world’s most open economies—report
As global economic recovery continues to struggle, the largest business organization in the world called on major economies to open up trade channels further,…
APMT buys control of 11 box terminals in Europe, LatAm
Maersk Group’s APM Terminals (APMT) will become a major stakeholder in 11 container terminals in Europe and Latin America after agreeing to buy the…
PH Customs goes paperless, scraps some import forms
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is moving toward a more paperless environment, discarding the use of a few forms to help minimize cost in…
One-year freeze on PH anti-overloading law in effect
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has formally extended for one year the moratorium on implementation of the anti-overloading policy covering certain…
Mandatory consumption entry filing required for shipments where port of discharge is not final port of destination
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has tightened rules on transshipment with a new order which requires mandatory filing of consumption entry for all imported…
BOC seeks 4.7% higher budget for 2016
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is proposing a 2016 budget of P3.2 billion, 4.7% higher than this year’s P3.056 billion. The agency said the…
NEDA Board OKs 4 rail, airport projects costing P126B
Infrastructure development efforts to sustain economic growth continue with the recent approval of four major transportation projects worth P126.51 billion by the National Economic…