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Feature articles on shipping and logistics exclusively written by PortCalls staff

Foreign liners post 2.5% rise in Q1 volume at PH ports

Cargo throughput of international shipping lines servicing major Philippine ports rose 2.5%…
  • May 11, 2014
  • 4 minute read

BOC reforms hailed as ‘bold, encouraging’ but pre-shipment inspection draws concern

Philippine port stakeholders described the reform program of the Bureau of Customs…
  • May 7, 2014
  • 3 minute read

PH liners look at Batangas shift but air concerns

It’s not just locators eyeing the Port of Batangas, south of the…
  • May 4, 2014
  • 2 minute read

PH business urges gov’t to intervene on Manila truck ban

Businesses are urging the Philippine government to step in and end the…
  • May 1, 2014
  • 4 minute read

BOC plots roadmap, sets targets for reforms

The new leaders of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) have set…
  • April 28, 2014
  • 4 minute read

PH shipping lines eye route expansion, refleeting

BATANGAS CITY, PHILIPPINES — Philippine shipping lines are keeping a positive eye…
  • April 27, 2014
  • 4 minute read

Businesses make a beeline for Batangas

BATANGAS CITY, PHILIPPINES – More and more businesses are looking to use…
  • April 16, 2014
  • 2 minute read

Carriers enter into Subic co-loading arrangement; Subic port volume up in Q1

  There is growing interest in the use of Subic container port…
  • April 1, 2014
  • 3 minute read

Manila truck ban caused up to 48-hour delivery delays, from 2% to 100% drop in revenues – poll

Not everyone doing business at the ports of Manila oppose the city’s…
  • March 18, 2014
  • 3 minute read

PH cold chain players warm up to industry’s growth prospects

THE Philippines’ cold chain industry is optimistic that despite facing some challenges,…
  • March 18, 2014
  • 5 minute read