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All PH ports to adopt BOC’s 1-Assessment on Oct 15
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will implement the second phase of 1-Assessment, its electronic system for processing and monitoring import goods declaration, at all…
AISL: BOC’s authority over lines excludes issues on freight rates, other charges
The Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) has pointed out that while the Philippines’ Bureau of Customs (BOC) may register and regulate foreign shipping…
BOC destroys P3B in fake beauty products
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has destroyed about P3 billion worth of bogus beauty and personal care goods seized earlier this year in…
Tigerair starts PH service by Dec via new Cebu route
Tigerair Taiwan, the only low-cost carrier (LCC) in Taiwan, is entering the Philippines with a new service to Cebu, its first destination in the…
Magsaysay group’s chief chooses clustering over federalism to drive regional growth
Instead of a shift to federalism, Doris Magsaysay-Ho, president and chief executive officer of the Magsaysay Group of Companies, recommends the creation of manufacturing…
Privatization of airport dev’t pushed to meet over 22B passenger traffic by 2040
With air passenger traffic expected to exceed 22 billion by 2040, Airports Council International (ACI) World called on governments to facilitate private investment in…
Royal Air mounts 5 new daily flights from Clark by Nov
Philippine carrier Royal Air Charter Service, Inc. is set to operate daily flights from Clark International Airport (CRK) to Puerto Princesa, Cebu, Caticlan, Tagbilaran,…
BOC donates 7,000 sacks of smuggled rice to Ompong relief drive
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is donating 7,000 sacks of smuggled rice to victims of typhoon Ompong. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on September 14…
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The Philippines’ headline inflation rate for August was at 6.4%, the highest in almost ten years, shattering expectations from monetary agencies of a more…
What You Need to Consider Before Buying A Freight and Logistics Software
Imagine an integrated platform that channels every process of your company into a tightly knit unit and optimizes resources in a systematic way to…
ICS: Ships may need to start ordering compliant fuels by mid-2019
Predicting that shipping lines will need to begin buying compliant fuels by the middle of next year, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has…
Maersk unveils new fuel adjustment surcharge ahead of 2020 sulfur cap
A.P. Moller-Maersk will introduce a new Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) surcharge by early next year to enable its container shipping operations to recover the…
Malaysia’s Westports buys undersea land to expand its box terminals
Westports Holdings Bhd’s wholly owned subsidiary, Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd (WMSB), is acquiring 154.2 hectares of undersea land in Pulau Indah, Selangor from the Selangor State…
Container ship capacity growth now outpacing demand—Bimco
The capacity of the container ship fleet is growing too fast for demand to cope with it, making market improvement and higher freight rates…
Vietnam eyes new int’l flight routes to attract more tourists
Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has announced an ambitious plan to open new routes for commercial flights from nations that send tourists to Vietnam to…
ICTSI confident purchase of MNHPI shares to clear PCC
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is confident its acquisition of 50% shares in Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI), operator of domestic terminal…
Port utilization high but still far from 2014 levels, insist PPA, carriers
Yard utilization at Manila ports is high but there is no port congestion like that seen four years ago, according to shipping lines and…
BOC reissues order to form unit on tariff reduction availment under FTA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reiterated its directive to officials to establish, activate, or reconstitute a preferential rate unit (PRU) in their ports to…
Cebu Pacific to offer daily Cebu-Narita flights by Dec
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is boosting the frequency of its Cebu-Narita route from four times a week to a daily flight effective December 1,…