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Manila South Harbor

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Batangas Port books record car imports last year

Batangas Port, two hours south of Philippine capital Manila, capped 2016 with a record-breaking performance, handling over 200,000 completely built imported car units (CBUs)…
  • January 23, 2017
  • 1 minute read

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…
  • January 17, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Manila South Harbor breaks through 1M-TEU barrier in Dec

Port operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) said it is capping 2016 on a high note, bannered by record-breaking volume, highest terminal productivity, and fastest…
  • December 26, 2016
  • 2 minute read

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…
  • December 21, 2016
  • 2 minute read

Volume growth jacks up ATI profit 9.1% in first 9 months

Listed Philippine company Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), operator of Manila South Harbor and Batangas Port, reported a net income of P1.43 billion for the…
  • November 16, 2016
  • 2 minute read

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…
  • November 7, 2016
  • 2 minute read

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…
  • October 26, 2016
  • 2 minute read

ATI 1H income up 1% on higher Manila, Batangas traffic

Higher volume of shipments at its Manila and Batangas operations lifted port operator Asian Terminals Inc.’s (ATI) net income by 1% in the first…
  • August 16, 2016
  • 2 minute read

TABS compliance 96% on first week of full implementation

Operators of Manila’s container terminals said the first week of strict and full implementation of the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) showed high compliance…
  • March 23, 2016
  • 2 minute read

Terminal Appointment Booking System protest set on Mar 8

The Aduana Business Club, Inc. (ABCI) is planning to hold a truckers’ and customs brokers’ holiday on March 8 to protest the implementation of…
  • February 23, 2016
  • 1 minute read

Trucks enrolled in TABS officially get truck ban exemption

Trucks participating in the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) have finally been granted exemption from the truck ban by the Metro Manila Council-Special Traffic…
  • January 28, 2016
  • 2 minute read

Asian Terminals thumbs down changes to TABS

Manila South Harbor operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) said it will not make changes to the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) to, among others,…
  • December 17, 2015
  • 4 minute read

Manila ports’ cargo-handling rates up 8% in end-Dec

The approved 8% increase in vessel and cargo-handling rates for Manila South Harbor and Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) will take effect December 28,…
  • December 9, 2015
  • 1 minute read

Manila domestic port to adopt container booking system in 2016

Port operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) will roll out the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS), along with other automation projects, at Manila’s…
  • October 26, 2015
  • 3 minute read

PH customs brokers want TABS scrapped for impeding cargo flow

The Professional Customs Brokers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PCBAPI) is requesting government to stop implementing the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS), citing its…
  • October 21, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Truck ban exemption for TABS users not yet in effect

Truckers with Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS) reservations at Manila ports are being discouraged from plying roads during the truck ban even if a…
  • October 5, 2015
  • 4 minute read