Maritime agencies under the Department of Transportation (DOTr) are set to activate this week contingency and security measures to ensure the safety and comfort…
PH reelected to IMO Council, improves category ranking
The Philippines has been reelected to the council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under Category C for the biennium 2018-2019. Obtaining 124 of…
DOTr mulls roadworthiness, not age, as basis for truck franchise grant
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is looking at roadworthiness instead of age as the requirement for granting a franchise to trucks for hire (TH),…
EO to place PH multimodal transport operators under DOTR
An executive order (EO) designating the Department of Transportation (DOTr) as the Philippines’ competent national body to oversee multimodal transport operators (MTOs) is already…
Filinvest-JG Summit’s P839B Clark airport development plan set for DoTR, BCDA review
The unsolicited proposal of the Filinvest Development Corp. (FDC) and JG Summit Holdings Inc. consortium for the long-term development of Clark International Airport (CRK)…
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed two customs officials who resigned in the wake of corruption allegations to two attached agencies of the Department of…
24/7 Oplan Biyaheng Ayos rolled out for Undas travelers
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has activated its Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Undas 2017, putting all of its offices and attached agencies on heightened alert…
Force foreign carriers in PH to publish freight rates, business asks gov’t
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) to issue…
Improved PH ports head Mindanao businesses’ wish list
Mindanao chambers of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) are urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to…
Singapore to help install smart transport system to solve MM road congestion
The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Singapore government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop an intelligent transport system (ITS)…
TWG to study PH implementation of 15-year age ceiling on trucks for hire
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has created a technical working group (TWG) to discuss how to implement the department order that effectively puts a…
DOTr eyes TWG to resolve protests against age cap on trucks
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) is open to discussing with stakeholders their issues and concerns about a new policy that will effectively impose…
PH moratorium on truck overloading prohibition extended anew
The Philippine Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) have once again extended for another six months the moratorium…
Truckers seek repeal of DOTr order on 15-year truck age limit
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) is requesting the Department of Transportation to revoke a new department order that will effectively…
P12.5B Clark passenger terminal building project opened to bidding
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is inviting bidders for the P12.55 billion project that will see the construction of a new passenger…
