Trans-Asia strikes charter deal for ro-ro passenger ship for Visayas, Mindanao
Domestic carrier Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Inc. has inked a 10-year bareboat charter agreement with Southern Pacific Holding Corp. (SPHC) for a 123-meter roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro)…
PPA mulls integrated online booking, payment at RoRo ports
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is proposing an online application that integrates vessel booking and payment system for roll-on-roll-off (Ro-Ro) ports. The One Ticketing…
4 shipping lines deployed to Iloilo-Guimaras route
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has directed four shipping companies to serve the Iloilo-Guimaras route to accommodate current passenger traffic while it investigates the…
PPA scraps weighing fee for containers, Ro-Ro cargoes
Starting January 1, 2020, terminal operators may no longer collect weighing fee on domestic outbound laden containers and roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) cargoes, according to the…
Chelsea taps Japanese shipbuilder to build passenger ro-ro ship
Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp. (CLIHC) has inked an agreement with Japan-based Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for the construction of a 123-meter passenger…
House transport committee moves to stop PPA weighing fee collection
The Lower House Committee on Transportation (COTr) has adopted House Resolution (HR) No. 2532 urging the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to discontinue imposing weighing…
Seven newly opened missionary routes ignite interest of shipping lines
Several domestic shipping operators have signified interest to serve seven out of the 19 roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) missionary routes that were recently opened by the…
The Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), the Philippines’ first container roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) barge terminal, will formally open in November, according to the Department of Transportation…
Report: port inefficiency continues to inflate shipping costs, erode PH competitiveness
Improving efficiency of Philippine ports and enabling them to handle bigger ships and more volumes can help address high costs of shipping and improve…
PH initiates meetings to reopen Davao-General Santos-Bitung Ro-Ro route
The Philippine Embassy in Indonesia is moving to revive the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) service between the Philippines and Indonesia in a bid to enhance maritime…
2 new vessels boost FastCat fleet; over a dozen more set to arrive
Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation’s (APFC) FastCat, operator of the Philippines’ largest fleet of mid-speed and internationally classed roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) passenger ferries, has added two…
PPA earmarks P7B for 30 Ro-Ro enhancement projects
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is spending around P7 billion to rehabilitate the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) terminals around the country and construct new ones to…
Duterte highlights transport, infra projects for priority implementation
Projects that will improve connectivity and address transportation concerns, as well as those that seek to increase infrastructure spending, are among immediate programs in…
Cargo bus service underpins Quick Reliable’s customized logistics solutions
Supply chain solutions provider Quick Reliable (formerly known as QRS or Quick Reliable Courier Services, Inc.) is bringing something new to the logistics scene:…
A Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) memorandum limiting the age of roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships and passenger vessels imported into the Philippines to 20 years will…
Lower House reps conclude 10-day port and ro-ro tour
Some members of the Philippine Lower House conducted a 10-day port tour and inspection of the country’s Western and Eastern Nautical Highways that are…
BIMP-EAGA, Asean logistics developments in focus at 2017 ports and shipping conference
The 9th Philippine Ports and Shipping Conference to be held on Feb 23-24 will highlight strong emergence of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and…
Cha-Ro addition to Ro-Ro services a boon to Mindanao economy, connectivity
The inclusion of chassis roll-on/roll-off (Cha-Ro) service in the Road Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro-Ro) Network System (RRTS) will reduce domestic cargo handling costs and strengthen connectivity…
