CCBI seeks exemption from burdensome POM access pass policy

The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) is requesting the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to exempt customs brokers, their representatives, and regular employees of…

CCBI requests delay of BOC’s 1-Assessment in 4 key ports

The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) is requesting the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) to exempt until next year the Port of Manila,…

Draft amendment to domestic shipping act gets first pass in Lower House

The House of Representatives has approved on first reading a bill seeking to amend the Domestic Shipping Act of 2004 in order to allow…

ICTSI income slips 15% in Q1

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) reported a 15% drop in net income attributable to equity holders to $44.1 million from $51.7 million year-on-year,…

Logistics firm Worklink is Chelsea Logistics’ latest acquisition

Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp. (CLC) has acquired local logistics company Worklink Services, Inc. (WSI) in line with its ongoing effort to expand operations and…

Carriers, shippers reject 37% tariff hike petition of Manila port operator

Manila North Harbour Port, Inc.’s (MNHPI) petition to impose a more than 30% increase in cargo-handling tariff at North Port has no basis, claim…

New online trading hub widens Asian exposure to global trade

The Pan Asian e-Commerce Alliance (PAA), a group of value-added service providers in Asia, has launched a new electronic marketplace to help Asian sellers…

Lorenzo Shipping eyes 5% more volume in 2015

Listed domestic carrier Lorenzo Shipping Corp.’s (LSC) target volume for 2015 is 90,000 twenty-equivalent units, up 5.2% from the 85,521 TEUs handled in 2014,…

BOC to launch electronic filing of certificates of origin

The Bureau of Customs has tapped value-added service provider InterCommerce Network Services, Inc. (INS), to introduce a cloud-based solution that will automate filing of…

ICTSI, Asian Terminals ease payment mode for PH forwarders

PHILIPPINE International Seafreight Forwarders Association (PISFA) members should now find it easier paying port charges with two of the country’s port operators. Manila International…

PH international airfreight volume hits 205.2M kg in Jan-Sept

The Philippines’ import and export airfreight volume reached 205.243 million kilograms in the first nine months of 2012, with consolidations accounting for 44% or…

ICTSI wins bid for Honduras terminal

Manila-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has won the bid to develop and operate the container and general cargo terminal in Puerto Cortes…

ATI South Harbor projects on stream

Philippine publicly-listed port operator Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) has completed ahead of schedule its South Harbor infrastructure projects for the year. At the core…

ICTSI to spend $250M on Mexican terminal

PHILIPPINE-BASED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has allotted $250 million to construct Terminal 2 at Mexico’s Port of Manzanillo. ICTSI said…

Shipping lines, PH terminal operators ink new crane productivity rate

The Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL) through its Port Operations Committee recently concluded an agreement with Manila-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI)…

North Port construction starts end of Nov

Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) will start construction of Phase I of North Port – formerly the North Harbor — by end of…

MCC Transport Phils excited about business prospects

MCC Transport Philippines, Inc (MCCP) remains excited about prospects for the country’s domestic shipping industry as they launch their newest vessel, M/V MCC Luzon.…

Manila North Port Terminal 1 design approved

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) board recently approved the detailed development design for North Port submitted by operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc (MNHPI).…

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…