Three international container ports in the Philippines have made significant improvements in the conduct of the International Port Security Program (IPSP), according to an…
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Motorists urged to take alternative routes with May 11 repair of Marcos Highway Bridge
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has bared the alternative routes vehicles can take as the Marcos Highway Bridge in Marikina City is set…
Key logistics market growth slowed in 2018 amid mounting downward pressure—Ti
Global logistics market growth rates fell in 2018 due to rising economic challenges and the strong performance of the industry in 2017, according to…
BOC suspends order shortening lodgement period for goods declaration
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has suspended until further notice an order cutting the period for lodging goods declaration to seven days from…
BOC April collection exceeds target by 3.3%
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P53.33 billion in April 2019, surpassing its P51.604-billion target by 3.3%. This the second month that BOC has…
Marina, DOE to craft plan for IMO 2020 compliance
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are set to formulate a comprehensive plan for implementing the International Maritime Organization…
Joint order on foreign liners’ fees soon signed
The draft joint administrative order (JAO) that will regulate local charges imposed by international shipping lines operating in the Philippines and provide measures to…
Cagayan de Oro port cargo handler seeks 17.8% hike in tariff
OROPORT Cargo-handling Services, Inc. is seeking a 17.8% increase in cargo-handling tariff for the Port of Cagayan de Oro in Misamis Oriental due to…
Marina, DTI to draft national standards for ship building and ship repair sector
The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to develop the Philippine National Standards (PNS) for the…
Cost savings trim Lorenzo Shipping’s loss in 2018
Philippine carrier Lorenzo Shipping Corp. (LSC) recorded a net loss of P146.1 million in 2018, lower by 15% from the P171.8 million loss in…
Thai cabinet okays new runway at Suvarnabhumi airport
The Thai cabinet has approved a project to build a third runway at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok to alleviate air traffic congestion at the…
UPS Q1 earnings hurt by bad weather
United Parcel Service (UPS) announced first-quarter 2019 earnings of US$1.11 billion, or $1.28 per share, slipping from $1.35 billion, or $1.55 per share, in…
Batangas terminal’s second berth boosts capacity to half a million TEUs
Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) can now handle 500,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually, higher than the previous 330,000 TEUs each year, following the inauguration…
Cebu Pacific calls off 58 more flights in May
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has cancelled 58 round-trip domestic flights from May 1 to May 10, in addition to the 24 cancelled flights from…
South Harbor’s capacity expansion done by late 2020
The expansion of Manila South Harbor’s yard and berth is expected to be completed by late 2020, increasing by 20% the facility’s annual capacity…
P60M in misdeclared sugar, fireworks seized in Subic
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently seized P60 million worth of misdeclared sugar and firecrackers that smugglers attempted to bring into the Philippines through…
Lingering Reminders
I write this column on the morning of April 23, less than 24 hours after Luzon was hit by an earthquake that shook both…
Technology to Keep Your Transportation Moving
Logistics companies can expect to see huge changes as automation filters into every aspect of the business in the face of a huge jump…
Air cargo demand further declines even as passenger markets expand
International air passenger markets showed growth in March, even as air cargo markets contracted for the fifth consecutive month against a backdrop of continued…
UNCTAD: developing countries need to build resilience of transport to climate change
The transport sector faces severe risks from climate change and needs to adopt initiatives to ensure the resiliency of its facilities and infrastructure, according…