DICT headed for banner year with 10% hike in cargo volume eyed

Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) is forging ahead with its expansion program even as it anticipates a 10% increase in cargo volume this year…

Visayas, Mindanao conferences tackle shipping developments, challenges

More than 300 cargo transport stakeholders recently gathered to discuss trade prospects and share updates on maritime-related infrastructure and policies for Visayas and Mindanao.…

Transport industry stalwarts gather for Visayas, Mindanao shipping conferences on Aug 2-3

Shipping and customs stakeholders are set to convene at the 2nd Visayas Shipping Conference 2018 and 3rd Mindanao Shipping Conference 2018 to discuss trade…

Box volume at Davao terminal seen to top 2017 target by up to 10%

Davao City, Philippines— Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) expects to surpass its 2017 target of 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) as volumes improve with…

Davao box terminal eyes throughput recovery in 2017

Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) expects to breach the 300,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) mark this year with the expected recovery of banana plantations…

Canadian Chamber president visits Davao City, DICT

Davao City – The national president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (CanCham) Julian Payne recently travelled to Davao to check…

PH president inaugurates expanded Davao container terminal

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has inaugurated Davao International Container Terminal, which recently completed its P5-billion expansion program. The expansion increases the container terminal’s handling capacity…

DICT’s Phase 2 expansion to double port capacity to 700,000 TEUs

Just two years after its initial operation, Davao International Container Terminal’s (DICT) annual capacity will double to more than 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs)…

Mindanao & Visayas shipping conferences set 27-28 April 2016

Transport stakeholders will converge for the second Mindanao Shipping Conference on April 27, 2016 at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao and the first Visayas…

SC asked to stop Davao-Sasa port modernization project

Concerned citizens and resort owners in Davao have filed with the Supreme Court (SC) a Writ of Kalikasan and temporary environmental protection order seeking…

Bidding for P20B Davao-Sasa port postponed for the third time

The submission date for bids to the P19.8-billion Davao-Sasa port modernization project has again been moved by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)…

Deadline for bids to P19.7B Davao port upgrade extended anew

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has again moved the deadline for the submission of proposals for the P19.7-billion Davao-Sasa port modernization project…

Davao International Container operator calls for level-playing field at Davao-Sasa

DAVAO CITY — Anflo Management and Investment Corp. (Anflocor), which owns Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) in Panabo, Davao del Norte, said it is…

DICT container volume jumps 24.8% in first 10 months

DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES — Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) said it expects double-digit growth in its 2015 container throughput, with volumes for the first…

Davao terminals become first two BOC-accredited authorized customs facilities

Two Davao-based terminals are the first facilities in the Philippines to ever secure accreditation as authorized customs facilities (ACF) under new Bureau of Customs…

DICT to spend P1.8B for additional berth, equipment

The Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) is allocating an estimated P1.8 billion to finance the second phase of its development in a move designed…

Pre-qualifying deadline for Davao port bidders moved to July

The deadline for submitting qualification documents for the P17-billion Davao-Sasa Port modernization project has been extended by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)…

ICTSI may vie for Davao-Sasa if project cost is reduced

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) may consider bidding for the Davao-Sasa port modernization project if the government lowers the P17-billion capital spending requirement.…

4 more firms show interest in Davao port project

Four more companies have bought bid documents to take a shot at nailing the contract for the P17-billion Davao Sasa modernization project, which brings…

ICTSI’s interest in Davao-Sasa port upgrade cools

Global port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is no longer keen on bidding for the Davao-Sasa port. ICTSI chairman Enrique Razon Jr,…