Box seal fee starts Oct 15

STARTING October 15, Philippine exporters to the US will pay an additional…

BOC-PCG ink anti-smuggling deal

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recently…

Batangas port to slash cargo-handling rates by 14%

PORT operator Asian Terminals, Inc (ATI) will offer a 14% cut in…

International Trade Arrangements

LAST Friday, we were invited to speak at the two-day conference of…

Accreditation of Cargo Surveyors

IN a previous column, we wrote about a public consultation conducted by…

Non-container business lifts ATI revenues

PORT operator Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) reported a consolidated net income of…

Transfer of PSB powers to Marina seen this year

THE power to supervise and regulate international sea freight forwarders may be…

Resin importation through CBWs restarts today

RESIN importers — under certain conditions — may bring in the commodity…

Conversion to double hull for white oil tankers scheduled for 2011

SINGLE-HULL tankers carrying white oil will be phased out at the start…

PAL expects savings of $20-30M this year

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL), the country’s flag carrier, will implement a fuel-efficiency program…