PH transport, trade agencies get higher budgets for 2015

The Philippine government has increased the budgets and set goals of transport…

Bill enabling foreign carriers to dock at PH ports enters 2nd reading

The bill that will allow foreign shipping lines carrying customs-cleared import and…

PH domestic shipping lines agree to cut cargo, passenger rates

Domestic shipping operators in the Philippines have begun adjusting passenger and cargo…

ECCP seeks maritime reforms, entices European ship builders to invest in PH

The European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) is in talks…

House bill seeks to open PH inter-island shipping to foreign ships

Ifugao Representative Teodoro Brawner Baguilat, Jr. is pushing for the passage of…

World Bank study highlights policy barriers to PH shipping industry

Prohibitive policies that hinder open competition in the Philippines might be the…

Marina releases updated PH ship registry

A total of 116 vessels had been registered in the Philippines as…

DTI agency cracks down on shady freight forwarders, consolidators

The Department of Trade and Industry-Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) has filed…

MARINA sets up permanent fast lane for vessel import permits

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has made permanent its special processing window/express…

DTI accredits 44 seafreight forwarders

A total of 44 seafreight forwarders have been newly accredited by the…