High costs mar PH promise as transshipment hub

MCC Transport, the intra-Asia arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, still sees the Philippines as a potential transshipment hub in Asia, but notes…

Draft PH customs order outlines process for handling transshipments

THE draft customs administrative order (CAO) on how to treat and process for­eign goods for transshipment, as provided under the new Philippine Customs Modernization…

6 lines begin co-loading foreign cargo for domestic transshipment in PH

Six foreign carriers operating in the Philippines are now taking advantage of the provisions of the Foreign Ships Co-Loading Act, according to Association of…

BOC orders manual processing for PEZA transhipments while e2m slowdown persists

Transhipment applications from Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locators will have to be processed manually by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) while the agency…

Implementing rules for PH Co-Loading Act out

The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Foreign Ships Co-Loading Act, which allows foreign vessels to transport Customs-cleared foreign cargoes to multiple Philippine…

E-processing of transshipments for REZA zones starts in 2016

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Regional Economic Zone Authority (REZA) have signed a joint memorandum for the mandatory electronic processing of transshipments of…

E2m filing of PEZA locators’ transhipment entries deferred

The implementation of a directive that mandates Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locators to file transshipment entries via the Bureau of Customs (BOC) electronic-to-mobile (e2m)…