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SG’s Changi airport, air cargo sector pursue certification in handling perishables
Changi Airport and the Singapore air cargo community plan to acquire certification in handling perishable cargo, which will make it the first community in…
Traffic woes continue for Cathay Pacific in Oct
Combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for October 2019 showed decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo…
DTI eyes overhaul of seafreight forwarding rules
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at revising rules on sea freight forwarding, including imposing higher paid-up capital requirement for some…
BOC orders stringent observance of valuation, proper goods description
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero instructed Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees to comply strictly with the basis for valuation and with the…
Customs chief wants stringent review of certificates of origin
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has instructed concerned customs officials and personnel to strictly review all certificates of origin (COs) to ensure shipments availing…
No halt to rice importation, just stricter rules
The Philippines will not suspend importation of rice but will instead implement stricter measures—including pre-shipment inspection (PSI)—on the commodity’s entry into the country, clarified…
No truck ban on NLEX for Nov 30 SEA Games opening
There will be no truck ban along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) during opening ceremonies for the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on November…
New Cavite-Metro Manila ferry service to start soon
A ferry service between Cavite and Metro Manila intended to ease congestion in the NCR is set to be operationalized by the Department of…
ICTSI Croatia announces new intermodal service at Port of Rijeka
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, welcomed the…
Seized goods hit P13B in first 10 months—BOC
From January to October this year the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated some P12.92 billion worth of smuggled goods, most of which were…
Resiliency and the Animal Spirit
Under normal circumstances I would be writing this particular column from Hong Kong, but due to the continuing unrest there it was decided that…
Are You Keeping Account of Your Finance?
Logistics and freight companies are jumping head-on into the digital race to keep fit in today’s ruthless market which punishes any business showing even…
Duterte suspends rice importation but won’t scrap tariffication
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the temporary suspension of rice importation during the local harvest season as a way to protect Filipino farmers…
BOC: NVVS value a ‘reference’, not replacement for transaction value
There is no order instructing customs appraisers to favor value in the National Value Verification System (NVVS) over the transaction value, according to an…
PH export basket has remained underdeveloped for decades—report
The Philippines’ export basket barely improved from 1995 to 2014, but it still has the potential to evolve through structural transformation and increased productivity…
Cebu Pacific ups capacity in Clark, Palawan with new routes
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific will close 2019 as the largest carrier in terms of capacity at the Clark International Airport (CRK), as well as…
PAL says on-time performance a record high among PHL carriers
Philippine Airlines (PAL) registered the highest on-time performance (OTP) among domestic carriers for flight departures out of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as of…
IMO bares latest progress in meeting ship emissions targets
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that its working group has made significant progress in helping shipping meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets,…
ICTSI proposal for Iloilo ports meets PPA requirements
International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) unsolicited proposal to modernize and develop the Iloilo Port Complex and the Port of Dumangas in Iloilo province…
