peak season consumer gloom

Freight market players wary of peak season consumer gloom

Waning US consumer confidence amid rising inflation and weak economic outlook keeps…
Spot rates below us$5k

Cargo rates up 170% y-o-y on buoyant June contract prices

Long-term contracted prices rise 10.1%, driving up ocean freight rates 169.8% y-o-y…
Marcos vetoes Bulacan economic zone measure

Marcos vetoes Bulacan economic zone measure

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr has vetoed House Bill 7575, on his first…

Maersk cuts Asia-N. Italy transit times by 5-22 days

Maersk’s new feeder service between Port Said, Egypt and the Port of…
EU seeks advance air cargo declaration from March 2023

EU seeks advance air cargo declaration from March 2023

The customs pre-arrival security and safety program is underpinned by the Import…
BOC posts historic P76.3B collection in June

BOC posts historic P76.3B collection in June

P290-billion revenue in June 2022 was the BOC’s highest monthly collection in…
BOC institutionalizes Customer Care Centers

BOC institutionalizes Customer Care Centers

BOC has institutionalized its Customer Care Centers, one-stop-shops for multiple public transactions…
Carriers, global Customs unite against drug trafficking

Carriers, global Customs unite against drug trafficking

Shipping industry and Customs authorities met in early June over a joint…
BOC launches i-Declare

BOC launches i-Declare, a digital baggage/currency declaration system

The i-Declare streamlined and digitalized customs baggage and currency declaration system for…
Palace urges filing of case vs smugglers of agricultural products

Malacañang urges filing of case vs BOC, DA ‘agri-smuggling coddlers’

Charge before the Ombudsman government officials and individuals named in a Senate…