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Harbor Star eyes coal hauling contract with Indon power plant
Listed marine services provider Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. is looking at providing coal-hauling services to a state-owned power plant in Indonesia, a potential…
RCL, Yang Ming add new intra-SEA service
Shipping lines are continuing to beef up their network presence within Southeast Asia as the region prepares for the formal launch of its economic…
Jan-Apr customs revenue collection 14% behind target
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P120.384 billion in the first four months of 2015, higher by 2.6% from the P117.266 billion collected in…
PAL expands pact with Turkish Airlines, buys new long-haul aircraft
Flag carriers Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Turkish Airlines have signed a code-sharing agreement that expands their bilateral operations. Under the arrangement signed during the…
Cebu Pacific buying 16 next-generation planes for $637M
Cebu Pacific Air has ordered 16 ATR 72-600 airplanes with a total value of US$637 million from European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR as part…
FedEx registers loss in Q4 on higher pension, lower fuel surcharge
Tennessee-based FedEx’s earnings fell short of expectations as the group reported adjusted results for its fiscal fourth quarter of US$2.66 per diluted share (below…
Airfreight grip on Asia-US lane relaxing as West Coast ports normalize
Now that port operations on the U.S. West Coast are normalizing, the modal shift to air transport appears to be sputtering out, according to…
BOC accredits more importers, brokers
The total number of importers and customs brokers on the active list of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) as of June 2 has grown…
Cold stores increase as domestic demand strengthens
The number of cold storage warehouses (CSWs) nationwide accredited by the Department of Agriculture (DA) has risen to 233 as of May 22, 2015,…
ICTSI may vie for Davao-Sasa if project cost is reduced
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) may consider bidding for the Davao-Sasa port modernization project if the government lowers the P17-billion capital spending requirement.…
PH-Turkey flight frequency raised
The Philippines and Turkey have agreed to expand the number of flights between Manila and Istanbul to seven per week from the current three.…
Customs seizes smuggled sugar from Thailand
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized around P13 million worth of illegally imported sugar at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). BOC enforcement…
Ocean 3 slates blank sailings in Asia-Europe network
The Ocean 3 alliance partners United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), China Shipping Container Lines, and CMA CGM are canceling a dozen trips on the…
Container ships improve punctuality for fourth straight month
Box shipping lines have enhanced their on-time reliability for the fourth consecutive month in May, showing increased punctuality particularly on the trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic…
Asia-Pacific dislodges Europe as world’s second richest region, study finds
The Asia-Pacific region has overtaken Europe to become the world’s second wealthiest region and will surpass North America as the wealthiest in 2016, according…
CMA CGM optimizes China service, adds new Turkey call
French shipping group CMA CGM is reshuffling its North China coverage and introducing an Asia-Turkey service this month. The company said that with the…
Harbour Centre responds to bulk and breakbulk cargo pile up
Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) has entered a new phase of progressively responding to the volume increase of bulk and breakbulk cargo. The…
ASEAN looms as economic powerhouse of the future, says report
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region can fulfill its potential to transform into a global economic powerhouse if its 10 member countries…
Transshipments spur cargo growth at Busan Port
South Korea’s Busan Port reported that cargo throughput in April 2015 went up year-over-year, further boosting traffic that has been robust since the start…