The Bureau of Customs (BOC), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on…
Over 600 AFP, PCG personnel for temporary deployment to BOC
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DOTr, DND to carry out joint airport improvement works
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Department of National Defense (DND) have signed a memorandum of agreement to procure and implement four regional…
BOC doc stamp tax now costs double in keeping with TRAIN Law
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now charging a higher documentary stamp tax rate of P30 from P15 as prescribed under the Tax Reform…
New Vietnamese hybrid airline takes off early 2019
A new hybrid airline from Vietnam, Bamboo Airways, will be debuting early next year, according to the carrier’s operator, Vietnamese real estate firm FLC…
Shipping sees improved profits or reduced losses, higher tech spending in next 12 months
Contained optimism about growth currently prevails in the global maritime industry even as stakeholders showed concerned about the potential impact of trade tensions, cyber…
CTAP members to jack up trucking rates due to higher costs, empty returns problem
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) will increase rates as costs have risen due to higher fuel and spare parts expenses…
BOC places all chemical imports under alert
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has ordered all chemical shipments entering the Philippines be placed on alert status as requested by the Philippine Drug…
Batangas Container Terminal handles record 200,00th-TEU cargo
Batangas Container Terminal (BCT) in southern Luzon has reached its 200,000th twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) cargo volume mark for the first time in a…
ICTSI names Asia Pacific head
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has appointed Andrew Dawes as Senior Vice President and Regional Head of Asia Pacific, replacing Christian R. Gonzalez,…
Chelsea Logistics’ Q1-Q3 income drops 72%
Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp. (CLC) reported a net income of P43.013 million for the first nine months of 2018, a 72% decrease from P152…
ASEAN e-commerce pact a boon to small businesses—DTI
Philippine businesses are expected to benefit from the newly signed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Agreement on E-Commerce, which aims to provide a…
Trans Pacific Air Service is Tigerair’s GSA in PH
Tigerair Taiwan has appointed Trans Pacific Air Service Corporation as its official general sales agent (GSA) partner in the Philippines in time for the…
Lazada eyes new warehouses to support PH e-commerce growth
Lazada Philippines, the local unit of Southeast Asian e-commerce giant Lazada Group, plans to put up additional warehouses in the Philippines in the next…
Cebu Pacific launches Clark flights to Davao, services Tagbilaran next
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific has begun operation of its daily flight between its Clark and Davao hubs. The new routes are part of plans…
PAL dubbed ‘most improved airline’ by global ratings body
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has earned the world’s Most Improved Airline for 2019 award, according to the Australia-based airline review firm AirlineRatings.com. The airline review…
Construction cost of North-South Commuter Railway raised to P777B
The Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved on November 6 the change in scope and increase in cost of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR)…
Top box carriers to create group to promote digitalization
Five of the world’s top container shipping companies are planning to form a group to spur the digitalization, standardization, and interoperability of the sector.…
Maersk announces growth across business, warns against US-China trade war impact
Danish logistics and shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said all business segments achieved revenue growth in the third quarter compared to the same period last…
Gov’t moves to solve empty container return problem; groups shun planned truck holiday
The Department of Transportation (DOTr), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), and Bureau of Customs (BOC) will unveil within the month measures to address the persistent…
Online source of requirements for regulated imports gets an update
The list of requirements and procedures needed to clear regulated goods from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recently been updated and placed onto…
