PPA ready for global challenges as it marks 43rd anniversary

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is celebrating its 43rd founding anniversary this year with the theme “43 years of Responding to Global Challenges in…

ICTSI’s Laguna dry port gets ready for higher box volumes

The Laguna Gateway Inland Container Terminal (LGICT), the dry port facility of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) located in Southern Luzon, is gearing…

MICT records ‘optimal’ yard utilization – ICTSI

The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) continues to perform optimally as it gears up for the peak season, according to operator International Container Terminal…

BOC issues operating guidelines for ICTSI dry port in Laguna

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued interim operational guidelines for running the Laguna Gateway Inland Container Terminal (LGICT) while a customs administrative…

Q1 cargo volume at PH ports up but at a slower pace

Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports sustained its growth in the first quarter of 2017 but at a slower pace due to a significant…

PH ports log 1.76% gain in Jan cargo throughput

Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports grew 1.76% in January 2017, driven by increases in both foreign and domestic cargoes. Cargo volume for the…

AISL activates online payment for equipment insurance under GoFast

Philippine importers and customs brokers may now pay equipment insurance to shipping lines electronically through a newly added feature in the Association of International…

ICTSI’s Laguna dry port gets accreditation as off-dock customs facility

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has certified the Laguna Gateway Inland Container Terminal, Inc. (LGICT), the dry port container-handling facility of International Container…

ICTSI bags Grand Anvil for TABS

The way International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) successfully engaged various stakeholders in implementing its truck appointment system project has won top recognition from…

ICTSI to install quay cranes at Manila port to handle mega ships

Port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is set to order equipment for its Manila terminal, including quay cranes that can process ships…

TABS solutions provider seeks expansion to other PH ports

Freight and logistics solutions firm 1-Stop Connections Pty Ltd, provider of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) to Manila international terminals, is looking to…

BOC eyes creation of maritime trading district in Manila

The Bureau of Customs is making a big push for the creation of the Port of Manila Maritime Trading District (PMTD), which the agency…

PH cargo volume up 6% in Jan-Oct as imports surge

The strong performance of the import sector contributed to the 6% increase in the Philippines’ cargo throughput for the first 10 months of 2016, the…

MICT handles record 2M TEU in Dec

The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) reached its first year-to-date 2-million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) move last December. The flagship operation of global port…

Cargo utilization, yard productivity high at MICT, South Harbor

Cargo utilization at the Philippines’ two main gateways—Manila International Container Terminal and Manila South Harbor— as of December 19 remain healthy at 60%, according…

Study: Cap capacity at Manila ports to disperse cargo traffic to Subic, Batangas

A new study published by a Philippine government think tank believes that limiting future expansion plans at Manila ports and directing shippers to increase…

PH exports drive up cargo volume by 9% in first 9 months

Philippine exports posted the highest growth percentage in cargo volume in the first nine months of the year, pulling up the country’s total cargo…

Truck booking system boosts PPA earnings 16% in Jan-Sep

The net income of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) logged a double-digit hike in the first nine months of the year, this despite the…