A new deepwater terminal will be built at Kuantan Port, a multipurpose port about 25 kilometers north of Kuantan City in the east coast…
Malaysia to construct new terminal at Kuantan Port
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Asia-Europe box rates climb post-July 1
Container rates on the Asia-Europe trade lane soared as carriers pushed through with the July 1 general rate increase (GRI) despite the weak global…
Malaysia’s Port Klang eyeing third terminal
Port Klang, Malaysia’s busiest port, is considering constructing a third terminal after five or six years to augment the capacity of the two existing…
OOCL to hike rates on Southeast Asia-Australia lane
Saying current freight rates do not cover basic operating or transportation costs, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) announced it will raise the rates for…
PH agencies agree to conduct study on port congestion
AFTER several fact-finding consultations, the Philippine Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office for Competition (OFC) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) last week signed a…
Tiger eyes 7% share of cargo in P5B revenue target
LOW-COST carrier Tiger Airways Philippines expects its air cargo business to contribute about 7% of its P5 billion forecast sales for this year as…
Conflicting weighing modes add to PH truckers’ anti-overloading woes
Philippine truckers burdened by restricted tonnage relating to the government’s anti-overloading campaign now face a couple more predicaments: the conflicting weighing modes used by…
CDEC, CCN tie-up to boost PH air cargo community
CARGO DATA Exchange Center Inc. (CDEC) has partnered with Cargo Community Network (CCN) to strengthen cargo community services (CCS) for the air cargo community…
IATA: world airfreight growth still flatlining
Global air cargo growth has continued to flatline in May, broadly following the trend of the last 18 months, according to figures released by…
TSA to implement peak season surcharge Aug. 1
CONTAINER shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) are implementing a guideline peak season surcharge (PSS) of US$400 per 40-foot container from Asia…
PH liners bear losses from delayed tariff rate hike matrix
DOMESTIC shipping lines are seeing potential losses because the rates matrix for the 10% provisional cargo-handling tariff increase recently granted by the Philippine Ports…
Lorenzo Shipping adding 600 containers in move to modernize
LISTED Philippine cargo carrier Lorenzo Shipping Corp. (LSC) said it is adding 600 boxes to “continually upgrade containers to cargo-worthy standards” while gradually modernizing…
Newly accredited PH forwarders join fight for freight
COMPETITION in freight forwarding just got tighter, as a new batch of domestic freight forwarders (DFFs) and international freight forwarders (IFFs) joined the industry…
Lines introduced to Japan’s 24-hour advance cargo manifest rule
Member lines of the Association of International Shipping Lines were last week apprised of the Japan Customs requirement for advance cargo manifest. The mandatory…
PH team bags championship at aircargo regional golf tournament
The Aircargo Golf Club (AGC) of the Philippines won the Team Championship Crown at the recently concluded Aircargo Golf Regional Tournament held June 17-18, 2013…
PH customs renews InterCommerce, CDEC mandate as VASPs
VALUE-ADDED service provider (VASPs) InterCommerce Network Services Inc. (INS) was the first to have its accreditation with the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) renewed…
Honor Roll
Over the 23-year history of DMAP / SCMAP, various individuals from member companies have stood up to carry the torch for DMAP / SCMAP.…
P2B budgeted to redevelop Sangley, Lumbia airports
CLOSE to P2 billion has been budgeted over the next two years to redevelop and redesignate airports in Cavite and Cagayan de Oro to…
Cancellation of PH automation project award sought
MOBILE solutions provider Omniprime Marketing Inc. is standing pat on its call to nullify the contract awarded to Webb Fontaine Group FZ LLC and…
KMTC connects Manila with more Japan outports
KOREA MARINE Transport Co., Ltd. (KMTC) has launched a new twice-weekly service to the Japanese outports of Shibushi, Onahama and Hososhima. KMTC is a…
