Domestic carriers make counterproposal as Navotas truck ban looms

As the limited truck ban in Navotas City is set to start in January, domestic shipping lines are requesting the city government to implement…

Metro Pacific proposes P16B extension of NLEX Harbor Link

Tollroad firm Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) is proposing to improve the north’s access to Manila ports by extending the Harbor Link section of…

ICTSI confident purchase of MNHPI shares to clear PCC

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is confident its acquisition of 50% shares in Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI), operator of domestic terminal…

ICTSI now owns 50% of domestic port operator Manila North Harbour

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has acquired an additional 15.17% stake in Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) for P910 million, increasing its…

Manila North Harbor seeks 28.5% hike in crane rates, citing inflation, peso depreciation

Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) is seeking a 28.46% increase in crane rates at North Port, the domestic terminal in Manila North Harbor,…

ICTSI to carry on with Manila North Harbor modernization plans

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) will continue most of the rehabilitation plans for Manila North Harbor, but will also make several adjustments in…

PH ports’ total cargo throughput up 4% in 2017

Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports in 2017 grew 4.23% to 254.069 million metric tons (mmt) from 243.758 mmt in 2016 following growth in…

North Harbor operating system switch causes delays; operator to waive storage fees

Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) has put in place a storage waiver system for clients affected by delays caused by the transition to…

ICTSI complies with conditions for purchase of MNHPI shares

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) on October 30 has conformed to all conditions relating to the acquisition of 34.83% shares worth P1.75 billion…

ICTSI enters Papua New Guinea

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has signed two 25-year concession agreements to operate, manage, and develop the international ports of Motukea and Lae…

Plan to implement TABS in North Harbor temporarily shelved

Shipping lines and truckers using Manila North Harbor have listed action plans and measures for this year and the next few years to ensure…

HCPTI permit to operate Harbour Centre extended by 10 years

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has extended by a decade the permit of Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) to operate Harbour Centre, its…

PPA oversight body created to identify, resolve Manila North Harbor issues

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has created an operations oversight committee to look into concerns of stakeholders using the Manila North Harbor and ensure…

ICTSI registers 27.8% income in first quarter

Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) reported a net income of US$57.584 million in the first quarter of 2017, 27.8% higher than…

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…

PH ports post 30% drop in first quarter cargo volume

Cargo throughput handled by Philippine ports in the first quarter declined 30.02% to 31.181 million metric tons (mmt) from 44.559 mmt recorded in the…

Manila North Harbor cargo-handling tariff up 8% from Jan 19

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has granted an 8% increase in cargo handling tariff at the Manila North Harbor, the country’s main domestic port,…

Floods halt flights, hamper supply chain activities in PH; Business as usual at Manila’s ports

OPERATIONS at Manila’s seaports continued Tuesday despite heavy monsoon rains enhanced by tropical storm Maring and as widespread flooding in the metropolis and nearby…

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…