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…
PH trucking groups threaten to stage strike this month over empties’ return
THE Alliance of Concerned Truck Owners and Organizations (ACTOO) is planning to hold a strike this month to highlight its protest over unresolved issues…
PH truckers, carriers address problem of delayed return of empties
Philippine trucking groups and the Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) have agreed on at least two initial measures to address the long-standing issue…
PH truckers to hold off accepting cargoes from 4 lines due to delays in returning empties
Trucking organizations have bared plans to stop accepting and delivering cargoes from four international shipping lines starting April 1 to highlight delays in returning…
PH logistics stakeholders bare industry prospects for 2017
Cargo transport service providers in the Philippines are keeping a positive but cautious outlook for 2017, concerned over domestic and global challenges that could…
PH logistics industry cautiously upbeat about 2016 prospects
Though showing varying levels of optimism, stakeholders in the Philippine cargo transport industry see 2016 as a generally positive year, but one still presenting…
BIR centralizes processing of applications for authority to release imported goods
Philippine importers of excisable products must now apply for the Authority to Release Imported Goods (ATRIG) only with the head office of the Bureau of…
Manila South Harbor operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) said it will not make changes to the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) to, among others,…
Manila ports to soon allow automatic TABS booking for paid cargoes
Shipments that have registered with the online cargo release system (OLRS) and have paid terminal and shipping charges are soon to get automatic booking…
Truck rates for international cargoes will not decline despite plunging global oil prices, according to Philippine truckers. Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines…
PHILIPPINE transport stakeholders have formed a team that will take action against the Manila City government’s implementation of a daytime truck ban on Feb.…
BOC to finally enforce order on detailed import description
AFTER being unenforced for seven years, a Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) that implements a Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) order requiring traders to make…
