BOC sets rules for operation of customs facilities
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued guidelines on the establishment, operation, supervision, and control of customs facilities and warehouses (CFWs). Customs Administrative Order…
Probe on for unauthorized withdrawal of 25 boxes at Mindanao port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is investigating the unauthorized release of 25 containers from Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagaloan, Misamis Oriental. Customs Commissioner…
PIA donates land for new BOC building; DEA to be located inside MCT
Government-owned and controlled corporation Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) has provided the Bureau of Customs (BOC) 1.5 hectares of land at the Mindanao Container Terminal…
Mindanao Container Terminal throughput rebounds with 20% growth in 2016
Container traffic at Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) grew 20% to 212,678 twenty-foot equivalent units (in 2016 from 177,217 TEUs in 2015, data from the…
Mindanao Container Terminal first-half throughput up by 18%
Cargo volume handled by Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) rose 18.3% in the first half of 2016 to 102,751 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) from 86,816…
PH port authorities issue guidelines on verified gross mass
Philippine port authorities have finally published rules that will implement the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) mandatory requirement for…
Mindanao Container Terminal posts 11.5% box volume fall in 2015
Container traffic at Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) fell 11.5% in 2015, its lowest volume in five years. Data from the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA)…
