Taiwan’s Evergreen Line recently held naming ceremonies for its two newest L-type container vessels, each with a capacity of 8,452 TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units), in…
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SOME foreign shipping lines calling the ports of Manila have imposed a port congestion surcharge since the third week of December even as terminal…
PH carriers ask for basis of domestic cranage rates
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PH customs to amend rules on e-manifest submission for ocean shipments
THE Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will amend guidelines on the submission of electronic manifest (e-manifest) on ocean shipments. Under the draft memorandum order,…
Top 1000 Corporations
BusinessWorld released in late December its Top 1000 Corporations in the Philippines for Year 2012. Eighteen SCMAP member companies made it to the…
TSA plans revenue push with rate hikes in January, March and May
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) will recommend a January general rate increase (GRI) on the Asia-U.S trade lane to its 15 member-lines, even as…
Changi Airport gets demand lift from niche cargo
Growing niche cargo segments helped to make 2013 a stable year for Singapore Changi Airport, even as tonnage dipped 0.3 percent in December to…
2014 outlook ‘broadly positive’ though still challenging for Asian carriers
Asia-Pacific airlines posted a slight 0.7 percent rise in airfreight traffic in December 2013 to 5,188 freight tonne kilometers (FTK) year-over-year, although this failed…
ICTSI partners with CMA Terminals for Nigeria port
GLOBAL port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has agreed to sell 25% of its shareholdings in its Nigerian port to CMA Terminals,…
Malaysia’s Westports to seek tariff hike, open new terminal
Westports, one of the two port operators at Port Klang, Malaysia, said it will again ask the Port Klang Authority (PKA) for permission to…
Improved year predicted for PH shipping, logistics
A recovery for the Philippine shipping industry may be in the cards this year, according to Edgar Milla, president of the Association of International…
OOCL logs higher volumes but lower revenue, sets Europe-Asia rate hike
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) reported a 10 percent hike in container volumes to 1.39 million TEUs (20-foot-equivalent units) in the fourth quarter of…
Panalpina targets 500 LCL ocean services, wider intra-Asia reach
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CCBI elects new officers in snap vote after coup
THE Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc., the national association of customs brokers in the Philippines, has a new set of officers following a snap…
PH Customs revives talks on electronic air manifest
TALKS on the implementation of the electronic airfreight manifest have been revived by the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC). Under the revised draft memorandum…
CAB hikes fees by 20% to cope with rising costs
THE Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) said it has increased its fees and charges to help the agency cope with rising operating costs. In…
PH hammers out exporter self-certification, accreditation rules
THE Philippine Bureau of Customs has issued guidelines on the self-certification and accreditation of “certified exporters” under a system to be implemented as a…
Top PH importers, customs brokers named
WHICH company in the Philippines accounted for the biggest volume of imports and paid the highest duties, and who processed the most imports? Based…
Clark freeport firms log US$3.8B of exports, $2.9B of imports
THE value of exports and imports generated in 2013 by locators at the Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ) reached US$3.831 billion and $2.950 billion, respectively,…
BOC suspends Mighty’s customs bonded warehouse license
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has suspended Mighty Corp.‘s license to operate as a customs bonded warehouse (CBW) pending the gathering of evidence…
