Growth in international air cargo and air passenger demand progressed at an encouraging pace in April, driven by further expansions in global service and…
Asian airlines enjoying robust cargo, passenger demand growth
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Zim carries record freight but sustains wider loss
Despite higher revenues and strong volumes, Zim Integrated Shipping Services reported a deeper net loss in the first quarter of 2018, adversely affected by…
BOC engages Webb Fontaine to improve e2m
The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs (BOC) Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) is implementing projects and measures to enhance the performance of the…
Almost 3 years after TABS adoption, PPA issues rules; agency to get 20% from TABS revenue
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has released an order stipulating the rules for the implementation of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS), almost three…
PH, US looking at exploring FTA, bolstering trade and investment ties
The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) met with a delegation from the United States to further trade and investment ties and continue…
P36M in misdeclared commodities from China seized at MICP
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently intercepted seven containers with agricultural products, cigarettes, ukay-ukay (used clothing), and foodstuff, seizing the shipments with an estimated…
Technology the Key Differentiator
The enormous challenges that the freight and logistics industry is facing today brings both risk and opportunity. Freight and logistics companies have to deal…
The Future is Already Here
“Infrastructure must come before industry.” I am most likely paraphrasing, but that was the message from Undersecretary Ma. Catalina Cabral of the…
Stamm International snags 2 of 3 Dow Chemical logistics awards in Southeast Asia
Multinational Dow Chemical Company recently awarded its top logistics service providers in Southeast Asia for 2017, with a Philippine company bagging two of the…
Latest Update on PH Customs AMS and GoFast System
It is our pleasure to share the following updates: Advanced Manifest System (AMS) The Bureau of Customs MISTG conducted a series of stakeholder…
IFCBA to conduct world meet in Manila on customs best practices
This year’s International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) World Conference to be held in Manila on May 29-31, 2018 focuses on the impact…
PH Customs on its way to exceeding May revenue target
UPDATED ON MAY 27, 6pm, to reflect correct May revenue target. The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has collected P33.752 billion in the first 22…
CMA CGM posts Q1 loss, levies surcharge to offset fuel price spike
A surge in bunker prices eroded the earnings in the first quarter of container shipping giant CMA CGM, even as it announced it would…
Ship owners warn of ‘sulfur cap chaos’ in 2020
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) said it fears “chaos and confusion” unless the International Maritime Organization (IMO) urgently resolves some serious issues concerning…
Fajardo replaces Ecarma as BOC deputy commissioner
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) assistant secretary Jesus Fajardo as deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Fajardo’s…
PH port environment policy to take effect on May 27
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is adopting a policy that ensures port activities have minimal adverse impact on the environment and that all aspects…
CCBI seeks deferment of BOC advance e-manifest submission order
The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) is asking the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to hold the adoption of the advance submission of cargo…
PPA first-quarter income contracts as expenses increase
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) posted a 4% decline in net income for the first quarter of 2018 to P2.259 billion from P2.364 billion…
Draft customs order on brokers’ registration released
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) providing new rules on the registration procedure for customs brokers has been released for public review by the…
Clark airport O&M project attracts 30 companies to pre-bid meet
The operations and maintenance (O&M) project at Clark International Airport (CRK) lured 30 interested firms, of which eight bought bid documents during the pre-bid…
