Asian box exports to US grow 16.4% to record 1.7M TEUs in Feb

Asia’s total 1.7 million TEUs of goods exported to the US in…

PPA invites bids for 15-year contract to operate Pagadian port

The 15-year contract involves managing and operating cargo-handling, roll-on/roll-off, and other port-related…
Customs bonded warehouse

BOC issues revised rules on operation of CBWs

Customs Memorandum Order No. 03-2022 spells out revised rules on the establishment,…

UNESCAP cites PH ‘significant’ strides in adopting trade facilitation

The Philippines has made “significant progress” in applying trade facilitation and paperless…

DOF grants P8.7B tax exemptions on COVID vaccine imports

254 applications for tax and duty exemptions amounting to P8.7 billion on…
MICT yard equipment

ICTSI adds yard equipment for MICT

Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s flagship operation…

PortCalls March 14, 2022

Our latest issue (PortCalls_March 14, 2022). Stories include: PPA proposes cargo-handling rates…
SCMAP

No Breathing Room

I saw this post on social media on the day Russia began…

Embraer takes aim at air freighter market, offers passenger aircraft to freight conversions

Embraer has launched the E190F and E195F Passenger to Freight Conversions (P2F)…

Hapag profit soars 1,000% to US$10.8B on Asian goods-driven rate surge

Net profit leaps from US$1.07 billion in 2020 on “very strong’ demand…