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Insufficient vessel space PH exporters’ top shipping challenge

3 key shipping challenges emerged from a recent survey of exporters: insufficient…
  • July 6, 2021
  • 4 minute read

Yantian outbreak drives spot rates to new high in June

The daily Freightos Baltic Global Container Index rose 18% last month to…
  • July 5, 2021
  • 2 minute read

PPA ports ban single-use plastics from July 18

Starting July 18, single-use plastic products such as drinking straws and utensils…
  • July 5, 2021
  • 2 minute read

North Port operator eyes 15.33% hike in cargo handling tariff

Manila North Harbour Port, Inc. is seeking a 15.33% increase in cargo-handling…
  • July 2, 2021
  • 3 minute read

HMM orders a dozen 13,000-TEU box ships

Total contract cost is US$1.57 billion All ships will be LNG-ready and…
  • July 2, 2021
  • 1 minute read

Ro-Ro operations in Talaga Port, Batangas eyed in 6 months

The Department of Transportation will install a roll-on/roll-off ramp at the newly…
  • July 1, 2021
  • 2 minute read

Demurrage and detention charges up 104% from year ago

Global demurrage and detention charges at the world’s top 20 container ports…
  • June 30, 2021
  • 3 minute read

Yantian container port resumes full operations

The container port, one of the world’s busiest, is fully back in…
  • June 28, 2021
  • 3 minute read

2 new FastCat catamarans to ply Luzon, Mindanao routes

Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corp. (APFC), the brand owner of FastCat, formally launched…
  • June 28, 2021
  • 2 minute read

Container premium rates seen to increase from July 1

Most eastbound trans-Pacific cargo is now moving on a premium basis and…
  • June 28, 2021
  • 3 minute read