PH traffic congestion requires nothing short of comprehensive solution

ALL sectors should hammer out a rationalized, integrated plan to solve traffic congestion in Metro Manila aggravated by a truck ban, according to the…

ICTSI’s Georgia unit takes port row to international arbiter

THE Georgian unit of global port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has initiated arbitration proceedings to settle a dispute with the lessor…

ICTSI sees strong long-term promise of Indonesia, Pakistan assets

LISTED global port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is eyeing Southeast Asian countries, especially Indonesia, as priority prospects in pursuing business expansion…

Strong economic growth anchors PH ports

ROBUST Philippine economic growth in the first quarter that exceeded expectations boosted performance of the country’s port operators as they continued to defy uncertainties…

Tax break sought for ICTSI’s Hijo Port

HIJO International Port Services Inc. (HIPS), a unit of Manila-based port operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), has applied for tax incentives for the…

ICTSI profit climbs 15% to $40.7M

PHILIPPINE-BASED port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) reported unaudited consolidated net income of $40.7 million for the first quarter ended March 31,…

ICTSI-Anglo Ports tandem shortlisted for Melbourne port project

International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is in the running for the right to operate a new container terminal at the Port of Melbourne,…

Poor port condition sinks Davao bid to be ASEAN RoRo link

THE Port of Davao in southern Philippines had been considered as one of the links in the ASEAN RoRo (roll on-roll off) shipping network,…

JICA endorses opening of GenSan-Bitung seafreight link

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has called for the setting up of a sea link dedicated to freight services between General Santos City…

RTGs to boost Manila’s Berth 6 operations

  International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) will soon take delivery of eight brand new rubber-tired gantries (RTG) to support impending Berth 6 operations…

17% cargo-handling rate hike approved for Manila ports

THE Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has approved a 17% cargo-handling rate increase for vessel-related operations at Manila ports. Just like the last increase, the…

PH terminal operators push early cargo-handling rate hike

PHILIPPINE terminal operators International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) and Asian Terminals, Inc (ATI) are pushing for implementation of higher vessel-related cargo-handling rates as…

Manila ports to get US radiation-detection equipment

Equipment that can detect nuclear and other radioactive materials will be formally inaugurated on Sept 13 at the International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s Manila…

Philippine exporters join call against cargo-handling rate hike

The Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport) added its opposition to the proposed cargo-handling rate increase by the country’s top two port operators, saying it will…

ICTSI net income soars 42% in first half

INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) reported a 42% jump in first-half net income to $60 million from $42.4 million year-on-year, thanks to higher…

ICTSI Davao unit hits 100,000th TEU mark

DAVAO Integrated Port and Stevedoring Services Corp. (DIPSSCOR), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) and cargo handler at the Sasa Wharf…

ICTSI to take over Subic’s second container terminal

THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) finally signed the contract to operate Subic’s New Container…

MICT eyes 6% container volume growth for 2011

MANILA International Container Terminal (MICT) is targeting a 6% increase in container volume this year to about 1.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), anchored…

E2m Implementation Update

LAST Thursday (October 1), the E2M Technical Working Group (TWG) conducted its first workshop meeting to thresh out operational and policy issues in line…