The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS), has started inviting interested firms to provide consultancy services for…
House committee favors suspension of 15-year age cap on trucks for hire
The Lower House Committee on Metro Manila Development will ask the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to suspend its department order (DO) imposing a 15-year-old…
Gov’t, private groups sign ‘10 Commitments of PH Logistics Services Sector’
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Transportation (DOTr) and various cargo transportation organizations have agreed to collaborate on finding solutions to…
DOTr’s Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Pasko 2018 starts Dec 10
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and all its attached agencies are on heightened alert in anticipation of heavy traffic volume as the Christmas season…
DoTr push barging of empty containers to Subic port
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it will push shipping lines to return empty containers to North Port, Manila’s domestic terminal, where they can…
Metro subway tops updated list of PH infra projects for Japanese funding
Road construction and expansion projects in northern Luzon and Metro Manila were among the projects discussed by Philippine and Japanese officials for possible financing…
PH, China ink 29 deals, mainly on infrastructure projects
The Philippines and China signed 29 agreements, including on the Philippine government’s infrastructure projects and on x-ray machines for the Philippine Bureau of Customs…
The protest rally of the Alliance of Philippine Broker and Trucking Associations is suspended today (November 21) to give way to discussions with government…
DOTr, DND to carry out joint airport improvement works
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Department of National Defense (DND) have signed a memorandum of agreement to procure and implement four regional…
Construction cost of North-South Commuter Railway raised to P777B
The Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved on November 6 the change in scope and increase in cost of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR)…
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 truckers, brokers threaten Nov. 19 ‘day of rest’
Several trucking and customs brokers’ organizations are planning a trucking holiday starting November 19 to force the Philippine government to address difficulties in returning…
Narciso A. Vingson, Jr. has been designated as officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade. The appointment comes…
Oplan Byaheng Ayos for safe Undas travel starts Oct 27
Philippine transport agencies are now on heightened alert to ensure that passengers are safe, secure, and comfortable during this year’s observance of All Saints’…
The Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), the Philippines’ first container roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) barge terminal, will formally open in November, according to the Department of Transportation…
Logistics part of NEDA’s PH national transport policy
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has released the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Philippine National Transport Policy (NTP), which…
NAIA Consortium’s bid to upgrade NAIA given original proponent status
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) have granted NAIA Consortium original proponent status (OPS) for its unsolicited proposal to…
