The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released an order defining limits in the exercise of customs jurisdiction and police power over suspected smuggled…
Order sets limits of customs police power under CMTA
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ICTSI to submit soon requirements for proposal to develop Iloilo ports
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) will submit before Easter to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) its unsolicited proposal to develop two ports in…
No passenger fuel surcharge adjustment in May, June
Passenger fuel surcharge rates that airlines operating in the Philippines may collect in May and June 2019 remains at Level 2 even as the…
2GO’s loss drags Chelsea Logistics deeper into red in 2018
Chelsea Logistics Holdings, Inc. (CLHC) has reported a net loss of P550.533 million in 2018, wider than the P161.22 million loss reported in 2017.…
CAB won’t receive incomplete, unpaid applications starting Apr 26
Beginning April 26, stakeholders will have to strictly comply with the Civil Aeronautics Board’s (CAB) requirement for submission of complete documents and full payment…
Clark airport domestic arrival gangway opened
The Clark International Airport’s Domestic Arrival Terminal recently opened domestic arrival gangway leading to the baggage claim area. Developed through funds allocated by the…
2GO’s loss balloons to P1.3B in 2018
2GO Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries posted a net loss of P1.3 billion in 2018, an increase from the P310 million net loss in…
PH assured of retained preferential market access to UK post-Brexit
The Philippines has secured a commitment from the United Kingdom (UK) on having the same level of market access to UK post-Brexit, under any…
Agri dep’t seeks easing of Japan’s testing on PH bananas
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will lobby for the lifting of stricter Japanese tests on chemical residues in Philippine banana exports for…
Transport infrastructure developer reports 18% drop in profit
Diversified engineering and infrastructure construction company Megawide Construction Corp posted a net profit of P1.8 billion in 2018, 18% lower than the P2.2 billion…
MPTC to undertake more expansion works, announces Holy Week assist program
Toll road developer Metro Pacific Tollways Corp (MPTC) has lined up a number of capacity expansion projects including construction of additional lanes, bridges, and…
Challengers to San Miguel’s P736B airport proposal in Bulacan invited
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has started seeking comparative proposals for a Swiss bidding challenge against San Miguel Holdings Corporation’s (SMHC) unsolicited proposal to…
ICTSI opens $450M container terminal in Argentina
TecPlata, the new container terminal of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) located in Argentina’s Puerto de La Plata, has officially started operations. The…
BOC takes another look at WB’s 2017 customs modernization plan
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) plans to conduct a feasibility study on the implementation of a project proposed two years ago by the World…
Drewry: Uncertainty for container shipping highest in decade
The container shipping industry is facing an exceptionally high level of uncertainty, ranging from the extra cost associated with IMO 2020 and how much…
ICAO releases latest air transport stats
World passenger traffic in January 2019 recorded its highest growth since July 2018 but world freight traffic reported negative growth in January this year,…
BOC: No more congestion at Manila ports
The problem of congestion at the Port of Manila (POM) and Manila International Container Port (MICP) has been checked as of April, according to…
VN to launch first chopper ride-hailing service
FastGo, Vietnam’s ride-hailing company, has announced its plan to launch the country’s first helicopter ride-hailing service in Hanoi by the end of this month.…
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Now, forgive me for my simplistic understanding of these concepts. While I work with the supply chain sector I am approaching this from the…
PDEA to use TradeNet to process 6 firms’ export permits
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will start processing online special export permits of an initial six private firms under the government’s web-based trading…
