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Truck rates to stay unchanged despite lower oil prices, says CTAP

Truck rates for international cargoes will not decline despite plunging global oil…
  • January 8, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BIR requires importers, brokers to use eFPS to pay their taxes

Starting January 1, importers and customs brokers accredited by the Bureau of…
  • January 8, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Asian terminals to benefit most from strong world box traffic in 2015

Asia-based container port operators are expected to strike pay dirt in 2015…
  • January 7, 2015
  • 2 minute read

2015 could produce higher profit for more box shipping lines

Despite record vessel deliveries, the container shipping industry is expected to improve…
  • January 7, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Malaysia’s economy seen to cool to 4.7% in 2015

The Malaysian economy’s expansion is predicted to slip to 4.7 percent in…
  • January 7, 2015
  • 2 minute read

OOCL’s latest 8,888-TEU ship to sail on transpac loop

Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) christened its newest 8,888-TEU newbuilding…
  • January 7, 2015
  • 1 minute read

PH cargo, box traffic up in first three quarters of 2014

Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports grew 6.92% from January to September…
  • January 5, 2015
  • 2 minute read

PH Customs chief sets 2015 goals, cites disappointments

Customs Commissioner John Phillip Sevilla identified five priorities for the country’s second…
  • January 5, 2015
  • 4 minute read

Vietnam registers strong merchandise trade in January-November 2014

From January to November of 2014, Vietnam’s trade-in-goods totaled US$271 billion in…
  • January 5, 2015
  • 3 minute read

Singapore’s GDP slows to 1.5% in Q4 as productivity stagnates

The economy of Singapore grew by 1.5% year-on-year in the fourth quarter…
  • January 5, 2015
  • 2 minute read