A.P. Moller-Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, and Ocean Network Express officially established on April 12, 2019 the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), the shipping liner group…
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Mindanao Container Terminal modernization to continue through mid-2020
Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) is rolling out improvements and upgrades at its port terminal in Misamis Oriental until the middle of next year as…
BOC-MICP targets swift resolution of over 1,200 pending legal cases
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) aims to dispose of 1,236 cases pending with its Law Division and is implementing systems…
Filinvest to expand to logistics and industrial park development
Filinvest Land, Inc. (FLI), the property arm of Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC), plans to expand to logistics and industrial parks as part of its…
Clark airport operational from 4pm of Apr 24
Clark International Airport (CRK) will resume operations at 4 pm today (April 24) following more than a day of shutdown after sustaining damages from…
VN tour firm eyes own airline; AirAsia cancels market entry plan
Major Vietnamese tour operator Vietravel is looking to put up its own airline in Vietnam, even as Malaysia’s AirAsia Group Bhd announced it has…
IMO to add maritime corruption to formal agenda
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently agreed to include maritime corruption as a regular work item on its agenda, a move welcomed by the…
Subic container terminal free from any quake damage
No damage was reported at the Subic container terminal following the April 22 earthquake that shook parts of Luzon. The terminal is about 25…
Clark airport remains closed; no damage to other sea, air hubs from Luzon quake
Ports and air terminals in Luzon, except Clark International Airport (CRK), reported no damages sustained from the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit parts of Luzon,…
Airlines reminded on Boracay post-rehab policy
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) reminded air carriers operating flights in the airports of Kalibo, Caticlan, Roxas, and Iloilo to review their schedules and…
First batch of successful trainees ready to join customs police
Sixty-nine new customs police agents have finished their training and are set to join the ranks of the Philippine Bureau of Customs’ Enforcement and…
Adoption of regulation creating European Maritime Single Window lauded
The adoption by the European Parliament of the proposal for a regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment has been welcomed by the…
Cathay reports passenger growth, cargo decline for March; HKIA books increases in both
Hong Kong sister airlines Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon registered a combined increase in the number of passengers carried and a drop in cargo…
Vietjet eyes 20 new int’l routes this year
Vietnam-based low-cost airline Vietjet Aviation JS Company announced it will open an additional 20 new international routes in 2019 as part of its three-year…
IMO makes available single window system for ship info exchange
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) said a generic maritime “single window” software that will perform many different tasks relating to ship reporting and information…
Shippers dissatisfied with clarity of surcharges, transit times—survey
Clarity of prices and surcharges is what shippers and freight forwarders appear most concerned about, especially in view of IMO 2020, according to the…
BOC-NAIA hands over P2M worth of seized drugs to PDEA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has apprehended illegal drugs, such as methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu), ecstasy, marijuana, and cocaine, worth P2…
LBC income expands 91% on higher volumes, logistics sales
Logistics and remittance service company LBC Holdings Corp. (LBCH) reported a net income of P1.349 billion in 2018, or 91% higher than the P707.92…
DA to rationalize meat import permits to avoid glut
The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to slow down the issuance of new import permits for meat products until there is a drop in…
Brokers’ accreditation decentralized from AMO to district collectors
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has decentralized the issuance of customs brokers’ renewal of accreditation as well as activation of the Client Profile…