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UPS enhances services in Thailand with longer pick-up cutoff, shorter transit times
United Parcel Service (UPS) has announced additional service improvements in Thailand to better serve in the automotive and high-tech businesses, two sectors earmarked as…
Strike averted as ACTOO, AISL strike deal on interim measures for empty container returns
The Alliance of Concerned Truck Owners and Operators (ACTOO) has suspended its plan to hold a strike following an agreement with the Association of…
BOC sets Aug 1 pilot run for online goods declaration verification system
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) plans to start the pilot implementation of its enhanced goods declaration verification system (EGDVS) on August 1, covering…
Probe on for unauthorized withdrawal of 25 boxes at Mindanao port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is investigating the unauthorized release of 25 containers from Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagaloan, Misamis Oriental. Customs Commissioner…
PH fuel marking system to kick off in Q4
The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) fuel marking system is expected to start by the last quarter of this year, following bidding for establishment of…
BOC orders swift destruction of condemned cargoes to free up port space
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is expediting the disposition of seized and abandoned goods to free up space in ports and remove doubts…
Over 130 PH port projects finished since 2016
The Philippine government has completed 133 commercial and tourism port projects worth P6.1 billion from 2016 to the first four months of 2018, according…
ICTSI preferred bidder to operate Sudan container terminal
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has been confirmed by Sea Ports Corporation of Sudan (SPC) as the preferred bidder to operate and manage…
AirAsia Philippines launches Clark-Taipei flight at Clark airport
Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Alexander Cauguiran (2nd from right) accepts an AirAsia model aircraft from Minister James Chu, deputy representative of…
P66M worth of misdeclared goods, ukay-ukay shipments seized at Manila port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized seven containers holding various beauty products, misdeclared goods, and used clothing (ukay-ukay), together having an estimated worth…
PH cargo throughput up slightly in Jan-May
Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports in the first five months of the year grew slightly by 0.44% due to high domestic consumption and…
P6B to be invested in 109 PPA infrastructure projects in 2018
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has earmarked close to P6 billion to fund more than 100 port projects this year to further boost its…
HMM launches two new box ships retrofitted with scrubbers
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea’s largest shipping liner, launched last week one of its two newly built 11,000-TEU container ships that were retrofitted…
BOI firms’ duty-free perk for capital equipment, parts imports extended
The incentive allowing the duty-free importation of capital equipment, spare parts, and accessories by companies registered with the Philippine Board of Investment (BOI) has…
LBC rides digital trend with 2 new e-commerce services
LBC Express has launched two new services aimed at addressing the growing market trend of online shopping and e-commerce in the Philippines. LBC recently…
PPA updates list of harbor pilots
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has issued an updated roster of harbor pilots servicing 22 ports in the country. PPA assistant general manager for…
2 new vessels boost FastCat fleet; over a dozen more set to arrive
Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation’s (APFC) FastCat, operator of the Philippines’ largest fleet of mid-speed and internationally classed roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) passenger ferries, has added two…
PH trade up 5% in May even as exports falter
Despite the continued decline in exports, the Philippines’ total external trade in goods increased 5.1% in May 2018, boosted by the double-digit growth of…
BOC develops monitoring system for legal cases
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created an automated document tracking system to speed up the disposition of criminal and administrative cases the agency…
