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Feature articles on shipping and logistics exclusively written by PortCalls staff

MICT to shut down empty container depot come June 1

The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) will permanently close its empty container…
  • May 27, 2014
  • 3 minute read

Load port survey implementation pushed back

The earlier reported June 1 implementation of the load port survey (LPS)…
  • May 27, 2014
  • 4 minute read

Supply chain spared by Mindanao power outages, for now at least

Rotating blackouts in Mindanao are not yet disrupting the Philippines’ logistics chain…
  • May 25, 2014
  • 2 minute read

PH stakeholders: Truck ban suspension resolved nothing

The just-ended eight-day suspension of the Metro Manila-wide truck ban was apparently…
  • May 22, 2014
  • 4 minute read

MNHPI reports good 2013 results as new equipment lifts productivity

Port operator Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. (MNHPI) recorded a “good performance”…
  • May 14, 2014
  • 3 minute read

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