BOC shifts gears: more shipments to pass yellow lane than red at POM, MICT
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has once again adjusted the thresholds in its selectivity system–this time temporarily decreasing the number of daily container shipments tagged…
4 BOC orders aimed at jacking up revenues, closing collection loopholes
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has laid down four directives designed to boost revenue collection and plug collection gaps, including scrutinizing documents to ensure…
Heads of BOC assessment units facing relief, says chief
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña is set to relieve some heads of assessment offices in Philippine ports following reports they still continue to accept…
Rigodon at the BOC; MICP, POM collectors transferred
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the reshuffle and re-assignment of several district collectors of big Bureau of Customs (BOC) ports. In Customs…
Lapses that allowed the release of P6.4 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) from the Port of Manila have been identified and are now…
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…
Special PH customs inspection team formed to fast track probe into undervalued shipments
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a Special Inspection Team (SIT) to expedite examination of shipments alerted for undervaluation. The team was…
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…
PH anti-overloading moratorium on trucks gets another extension
The six-month moratorium on the enforcement of the Philippine anti-overloading law for trucks with codes 12-2 and 12-3 has again been extended for six…
Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) will construct the Philippines’ first barge terminal for shipping containers between the Port of Manila and…
CTAP pushes for compulsory weighing of cargoes leaving ports
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) is asking the government to strictly implement the mandatory weighing of cargoes at ports to…
BOC x-ray units ordered to submit all shipments for final evaluation
Philippine Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon reiterated to all Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees that all shipments that undergo x-ray examination must still…
