DICT to issue rules to curb unregistered couriers, forwarders
The Department of Information and Technology (DICT) is set to issue next month guidelines for the operation of couriers and freight forwarders to check…
PEZA looks to simplify requirements, extend validity of 3PL accreditation
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is working to slash requirements for accreditation as well as extend the validity of accreditation of truckers, freight…
JAO regulating foreign carriers’ charges out in a week or two—DTI chief
The joint administrative order (JAO) that will regulate local charges imposed by international shipping lines servicing the Philippines will be out in one or…
The draft joint administrative order (JAO) that will regulate local charges imposed by international shipping lines operating in the Philippines and provide measures to…
PH national standards for safe, sustainable road freight transport released
The Philippine Bureau of Standards (PBS) has crafted guidelines and recommendations that land fleet operators and freight forwarders may adopt for reliable, safe, cost-efficient…
PMTLAI inducts officers, unveils 5-point action plan for 2018-19
Philippine Multimodal Transport and Logistics Association, Inc. (PMTLAI), the merged group of Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders Association (PISFA) and Aircargo Forwarders of the Philippines,…
Freight forwarders can now submit the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) via the first express kiosk to be established in the Philippines, allowing them to…
Manually processed PH airport transit declarations now require e2m lodgement
Manually processed transit declarations at all airports of entry in the Philippines must now be lodged in the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) electronic-to-mobile (E2m)…
Balikbayan forwarders have until end-March to register with BOC
Philippine freight forwarders and deconsolidators dealing with balikbayan (personal effects and household goods) boxes have until March 31, 2017 to register with the Account…
Cheaper fees for sending “balikbayan” boxes expected
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects less fees to be collected by freight forwarders for handling balikbayan box (containing household goods and personal effects)…
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte its proposed list of programs and policy reforms it hopes the…
Updated IATA-FIATA air cargo program anchored on current business settings
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) have formally launched an agreement to implement a new air…
CAAP suspends accreditation requirement for handlers of dangerous goods
Air cargo service providers no longer need to secure accreditation for handling dangerous goods by air from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines…
PH domestic airfreight volume up 11.1% in 2015; LBC Express leads forwarders
Cargo volume handled by domestic air freight forwarders in the Philippines increased 11.1% to 59.83 million kilograms in 2015 from 53.85 million kg in…
DOTC signs pact transferring accreditation of sea freight forwarders to Marina
The Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has at last signed the long-awaited memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will transfer the oversight of…
Pact transferring PH sea freight forwarders’ accreditation to DOTC close to approval
A draft order that will effectively transfer the work of accrediting sea freight forwarders from the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the…
Old charges for PH freight forwarding services remain binding: DTI
Issuances and circulars previously published by the now defunct Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) are still valid and in effect and freight forwarders should not…
PH agency accredits 7 new freight forwarders, renews 21 others
SEVEN companies joined the Philippine freight forwarding industry in August while 21 others had renewed their accreditation over the last three months. Data from…
