The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at revising rules on sea freight forwarding, including imposing higher paid-up capital requirement for some…
Hike in PH off-dock storage rates justified: PortCalls survey
AROUND 61% of those in the Philippine transport and logistics industry believe an increase in warehouse rates charged by off-dock container yard/container freight operators…
New PH sea freight forwarders outnumber airfreight counterparts
MORE Philippine companies were engaged in the sea freight forwarding business rather than airfreight forwarding in 2013. Data from the Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB)…
PH trade department reassures forwarders on post-PSB accreditation
PHILIPPINE freight forwarders need not worry because there would definitely be a division under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to accredit them…
PH agency accredits 7 new freight forwarders, renews 21 others
SEVEN companies joined the Philippine freight forwarding industry in August while 21 others had renewed their accreditation over the last three months. Data from…
PH shippers’ agency pushes crackdown on erring forwarders
THE Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) is keen to hunt down freight forwarding violators, adding names to the list of both erring non-accredited and accredited…
Newly accredited PH forwarders join fight for freight
COMPETITION in freight forwarding just got tighter, as a new batch of domestic freight forwarders (DFFs) and international freight forwarders (IFFs) joined the industry…
More complaints on missing ‘balikbayan’ boxes sent to PH justice department
THE Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) four other complaints on undelivered balikbayan (personal effects)…
Overseas PH workers make freight forwarding a billion-dollar business
The growing number of balikbayan or door-to-door boxes, which reflects the steadily increasing legion of overseas Filipinos, is boosting the country’s billion-dollar freight forwarding…
PH seafreight forwarders’ transfer to Marina a hop and skip away
The transfer of supervisory powers over seafreight forwarders from the Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) to the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is just a meeting…
The Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) recently released a second list of blacklisted forwarders. The eight local forwarders are ABS-CBN Global Cargo Corp.; Gen Ex…
The Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) recently published a list of non-accredited freight forwarders, some of whom have been reported for non-delivery of balikbayan (personal…
Express lane for PH freight forwarders’ accreditation, renewal in the works
The Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders Association (PISFA) and the Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) are set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on January…
