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Articles on major shipping and logistics developments handpicked by PortCalls editors

SoKor lifts ban on PH chicken meat, pet bird imports

The Philippines may soon export chicken meat and pet birds to South…
  • August 17, 2021
  • 2 minute read

BOC automated assignment of goods declaration to start at Manila ports

The Bureau of Customs automated routing and monitoring system (ARMS) randomly assigns…
  • August 17, 2021
  • 2 minute read

BOC releases rules on AEO online portal system

Customs Memorandum Order No. 26-2021 provides guidelines on the implementation of an…
  • August 16, 2021
  • 5 minute read

Manila port implements automated bonds management for warehousing

The Automated Bonds Management System (ABMS) for general warehousing was fully implemented…
  • August 16, 2021
  • 2 minute read

PortCalls August 16, 2021

Our latest issue (PortCalls; August 16 2021). Stories include: E-TRACC for warehousing…
  • August 16, 2021
  • 1 minute read

Exporters’ compliance to mandatory weighing policy grows

Port operators record less discrepancy between exporters’ declared verified gross mass (VGM)…
  • August 15, 2021
  • 4 minute read

UNCTAD, IATA step up collaboration to facilitate e-commerce

The UNCTAD and IATA collaboration will focus on enabling ASYCUDAWorld to manage…
  • August 15, 2021
  • 2 minute read

E-TRACC for warehousing shipments at Cebu port in place

The Bureau of Customs rolled out on August 9 the Electronic Tracking…
  • August 13, 2021
  • 2 minute read

Meat imports SPS validity extended until Dec 31

The Department of Agriculture temporarily lengthened the validity of meat sanitary and…
  • August 12, 2021
  • 2 minute read

BOC orders anew quick release of reefer goods as DTI worries about “impending reefer congestion”

Bureau of Customs Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group Memo 446-2021 dated August…
  • August 11, 2021
  • 3 minute read