Philippine shipping companies are now required to install and operate the automatic identification system (AIS) on passenger ships weighing at least 300 gross tonnage…
PH cargo, passenger ships ordered to install auto ID system
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PH forwarders need pre-approval for e-CCM submission beyond BOC office hours
Philippine freight forwarders must file a request with the appropriate port deputy collector for operations when they submit electronic consolidated cargo manifests (e-CCM) past…
MOL to open a box barge terminal in Bangkok
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced it will put up a new barge terminal operation in Bangkok, Thailand in anticipation of increased demand for…
G6 upgrades Loop 7 service, cancels 4 more Asia-Europe sailings
The G6 Alliance is improving its service in the Asia-Europe trade with additional port calls to Gothenburg and Antwerp. The announcement follows an earlier…
Busan to consolidate 2 box terminals to strengthen transshipment hub status
The South Korean government has revealed an expansive long-term plan to transform Busan Port into a global transshipment hub that has the capacity to…
UPS beats expectations as TNT gets boost from SMEs
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has announced second quarter 2015 diluted earnings per share (EPS) of US$1.35, a 12% increase from adjusted results for…
Aquino cites transport projects under his term
President Benigno Aquino III, in his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 27, highlighted several of his administration’s projects…
Foreign lines see co-loading law sharpening PH export edge
The newly signed Foreign Ships Co-loading Act will lower shipping costs and improve the country’s export competitiveness, according to the Association of International Shipping…
PH stakeholders hail signing of Co-loading Act
Private and public stakeholders expressed support for the newly signed Foreign Ships Co-loading Act, saying the new law will promote healthy competition, more competitive…
Subic, Clark locators soon exempt from BOC accreditation
Subic and Clark economic zone locators may soon heave a sigh of relief with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) now drafting a memorandum exempting…
BOC: New CY/CFS rates may be released next month
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will soon hold a public consultation on its plan to revise rates for off-dock container yards and container freight…
MCC moves Subic calls to midweek
Intra-Asia carrier MCC Transport has revised its weekly direct calls to the Port of Subic. MCC revised its Intra-Asia 4 (IA4) service and changed…
BOC requires fewer hard copies for consumption entries
The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) paperless drive will gain further traction with a plan to soon reduce the number of hard copies required in…
One-truck lane rule on C-5, Katipunan extended until Jan 2016
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has extended the imposition of its one-truck lane policy along Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and Katipunan for another…
MCX expressway use free for a month
The use of the newly inaugurated Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway (MCX), the first public-private partnership (PPP) project awarded by the Aquino administration, will be free to…
NAIA, LRT infra projects get approval of NEDA committee
Two more big-ticket transportation projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) program are inching closer to gaining final clearance. This developed after the National Economic…
Indonesia gearing up for ASEAN Open Skies
The ASEAN Open Skies policy becomes fully effective by the end of the year, a development expected to bring both challenges and opportunities to…
BOC intercepts P34M worth of suspected smuggled sugar
Intelligence operatives from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated more than 13,000 sacks of imported sugar with an estimated worth of P34 million at…
OOCL records lower liftings, revenues in Q2 and H1
Hong Kong-listed container shipping liner Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) saw declines in its overall volume and sales in both the second quarter and…
Logistics sector scales back expectations for the next 6 months
The logistics industry is not quite happy about prospects in the next six months, particularly for airfreight, according to Transport Intelligence’s (Ti) “Logistics Confidence…
