A more robust export environment propelled
Philippine cargo throughput for the first seven months to
88.002 million metric tons (mmt), up 0.59% from 87.484 mmt
last year (see table).
Latest data from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) showed
foreign cargoes from January to July grew 5.58% to 45.154
mmt from 42.768 mmt for the same period last year. Export
cargoes increased 5.56% to 15.695 mmt and import cargoes,
0.93% to 45.154 mmt.
The ports of South Harbor, Limay, Dumaguete, Ormoc, Cagayan
de Oro, Iligan, and Surigao registered noteworthy growth in
export cargoes.
Containerized cargo — both foreign and domestic —
increased 1.26% for the first seven months to 2,112,151 TEUs
compared to the same period last year’s 2,085,780.
International container traffic rose 3.63% from 1.126 million
TEUs in 2005 to 1.167 million TEUs this year. Containerized
export cargo grew almost 4% and boxed import cargoes, 3.33%.
Domestic cargo volume continued to decline for the period
from 44.716 mmt last year to 42.848 mmt this year or a 14.18%
fall. PPA attributed the drop to the implementation of Memorandum
Circular 02-2006 or the Ro-Ro Transport System (RRTS) policy
which provided shippers with an option to transport cargoes
through the RRTS route.
Containerized domestic cargo dipped 1.51% to 945,126 TEUs
from 959,647 TEUs in 2005.
Vessel traffic — measured in domestic and foreign ship
calls — was also lower by 1.95%. There were 181,124
vessels that called on Philippine ports for the seven-month
period from the previous year’s 184,724 ships. Foreign
vessels were down 4.2% to 5,450 from 5,689 last year.
For July alone, cargo throughput decreased 4.03% to 12.914
mmt compared to last year’s 13.457 mmt due to lower
volume of domestic goods registered in most ports nationwide
except at the North Harbor, in Calapan, Ormoc, Pulupandan,
Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato and Davao.
Container traffic also dipped 2.82% to 306,392 TEUs in July
due to the 11.16% drop in domestic containers. Foreign TEUs,
on the other hand, saw a 4.66% hike due to more movement of
goods at the South Harbor, Limay, Davao and General Santos.
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE 2ND PHILIPPINE
SEAFREIGHT FORWARDERS AWARDS
Total liftings 2004+2005 (in TEU)
Top 50 Companies
1 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 28,172.48
2 Sagawa Express Phils., Inc. 27,094.13
3 Transcontainer (TCL) Philippines, Inc. 19,627.37
4 Nippon Express Phils. Corp. 19,015.60
5 DHL Danzas Air &Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 14,112.0:
6 EGL Eagle Global Logistics Phil., Inc. 12,992.30
7 Acestar Int’l Service Corp. 10,397.00
8 CPI Transport, Inc. 10,100.61
9 Admiral Overseas Shipping Corp. of Cebu 8,803.58
10 Mac-Nels Shipping (Phils.), Inc. 8,715.34
11 Asia Pacific Express Corporation 7,002.32
12 Hankyu International Transport Philippines, Inc. 6,292.97
13 Freight Connection Phils., Inc. 6,040.33
14 STAMM International, Inc. 5,902.40
15 RB Freight Solutions, Inc. 5,756.47
16 Bax Global, Inc. 5,755.52
17 Meister Transport, Inc. 5,691.58
18 International Consolidator Phils., Inc. 5,355.04
19 Sea-Jet Int’l Forwarders, Inc. 5,010.31
20 Pacific Concord Container Lines, Inc. 4,711.85
21 Keihin-Everett Forwarding Co., Inc. 4,386.83
22 Asia Ocean Services, Inc. 3,948.54
23 SDV (SCAC) Philippines, Inc. 3,720.36
24 Mutual Fortune Express, Inc. 3,665.25
25 Far East Multi-Trans Agency Phils., Inc. 3,112.11
26 Speedtrans International, Inc. 3,007.01
27 Pacific Charter Forwarders, Inc. 2,935.82
28 Orienstar Freight International, Inc. 2,889.92
29 DFDS Transport Philippines, Inc. 2,798.73
30 Phil. Pioneer Forwarding Corp. 2,798.00
31 Famous Pacific Forwarding Phils., Inc. 2,768.99
32 MOL Logistics Philippines, Inc. 2,693.99
33 World Cargo Container, Inc. 2,647.19
34 Nonpareil Int’l Freight and Cargo Services, Inc.
2,587.56
35 LBC Mundial, Inc. 2,495.00
36 ASPAC Int’l Airfreight, Inc. 2,309.87
37 H & T Int’l Freight, Inc. 2,182.54
38 Associated Freight Consolidators, Inc. 2,058.59
39 Transnational Logistics Solutions Corp. 2,058.00
40 Harvest Logistics, Inc. 1,956.45
41 All Systems Logistics, Inc. 1,853.60
42 Nishiyoshi Forwarding, Inc. 1,837.17
43 Phil. Genesis Freight Unlimited, Inc. 1,828.52
44 Konoike Transport (Philippines), Inc. 1,790.64
45 Technotrans Express Logistics, Inc. 1,691.69
46 Seahawk Transport, Inc. 1,639.00
47 Oceanlink Forwarders & Services Phils., Inc. 1,590.35
48 RGV Container Lines, Inc. 1,570.42
49 MBT Int’l Freight Forwarder, Inc. 1,497.20
50 5 Powers Transport Systems Corp. 1,431.48
Freight Forwarder for Asia:
1 Sagawa Express Phils., Inc. 26,834.42
2 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 21,048.20
3 Nippon Express Phils. Corp. 17,952.57
4 Transcontainer (TCL) Philippines, Inc. 17,058.28
5 Acestar Int’l Service Corp. 10,108.45
Freight Forwarder for Europe:
1 DHL Danzas Air & Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 5,026.25
2 Sea-Jet Int’l Forwarders, Inc. 4,307.93
3 PI Transport, Inc. 3,069.60
4 SDV (SCAC) Philippines, Inc. 2,453.20
5 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 2,049.30
Freight Forwarder for USA:
1 Admiral Overseas Shipping Corp. of Cebu 8,119.97
2 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 4,559.25
3 International Consolidator Phils., Inc. 3,621.98
4 EGL Eagle Global Logistics Phil., Inc. 3,464.28
5 STAMM International, Inc. 2,507.45
Most Outstanding Freight Forwarder-Export to Asia:
1 Sagawa Express Phils., Inc. 25,974.80
2 Transcontainer (TCL) Philippines, Inc. 13,325.13
3 Nippon Express Phils. Corp. 6,690.44
4 Acestar Int’l Service Corp. 4,854.05
5 EGL Eagle Global Logistics Phil., Inc. 3,598.67
Most Outstanding Freight Forwarder-Export to Europe:
1 Sea-Jet Int’l Forwarders, Inc. 4,290.80
2 DHL Danzas Air & Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 2,777.08
3 CPI Transport, Inc. 1,484.38
4 Bax Global, Inc. 1,443.71
5 STAMM International, Inc. 1,225.94
Most Outstanding Freight Forwarder-Export to USA:
1 Admiral Overseas Shipping Corp. of Cebu 5,912.70
2 EGL Eagle Global Logistics Phil., Inc. 2,484.87
3 STAMM International, Inc. 1,754.91
4 ASPAC Int’l Airfreight, Inc. 1,681.49
5 DHL Danzas Air & Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 1,645.49
Most Outstanding Freight Forwarder-Import from Asia:
1 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 20,955.08
2 Nippon Express Phils. Corp. 11,262.13
3 Mac-Nels Shipping (Phils.), Inc. 5,769.47
4 Acestar Int’l Service Corp. 5,254.41
5 DHL Danzas Air & Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 4,706.42
Most Outstanding Freight Forwarder-Import from Europe:
1 DHL Danzas Air &Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 2,249.17
2 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 1,962.25
3 Meister Transport, Inc. 1,758.67
4 CPI Transport, Inc. 1,585.22
5 SDV (SCAC) Philippines, Inc. 1,435.07
Most Outstanding Freight Forwarder-Import from USA:
1 Air Power Int’l Express Phils., Inc. 3,853.37
2 International Consolidator Phils., Inc. 2,257.95
3 Admiral Overseas Shipping Corp. of Cebu 2,207.27
4 EGL Eagle Global Logistics Phil., Inc. 979.41
5 DHL Danzas Air & Ocean (Philippines), Inc. 769.37
EXPRESS firm United Parcel Service (UPS)
will set up a supply chain solutions (SCS) base in the Philippines
next year.
Mark Khambatta, UPS Supply Chain Solutions country manager,
told PortCalls the company chose the Philippines to be the
focal point of its supply chain service in the Asia-Pacific
due to its location.
ÒThis shows how the Philippines play a vital role in
the UPS network. UPS is increasing its global reach from the
Philippines. It is a stepping stone for the Philippines to
be a major player in the logistics industry,Ó Khambatta
said.
UPS already has SCS facilities in Manila, Cebu, Cavite and
Laguna and is presently evaluating a site in Clark as the
center of SCS in the Philippines.
Once the SCS base is established, UPS is targeting to corner
3% to 4% of freight traffic to and from the country.
This year, it sees a 30% growth in export volume from the
Philippines, the same increase posted in 2005.
UPS is also looking to tap small and medium-scale enterprises
in the country as users of SCS. ÒSetting up a complete
SCS in the Philippines is not easy due to the constraint of
the country’s infrastructure. But setting up SCS facilities
in Clark is a win-win solution as it is the most competitive
area in the country for UPS to ship cargoes to their destination,Ó
Khambatta said.
UPS maintains an intra-Asia hub in Clark. It has 120 weekly
incoming and outgoing flights between such routes as Hong
Kong, Cologne, Dubai, Taipei, Kansai, Cebu, Narita, Kuala
Lumpur, Penang, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Shenzhen, Incheon
and Mumbai. — Christopher C. Paringit
Anti-Overloading Law implementation
hampered by equipment lack
THE lack of weighing scales in Philippine
ports continues to hamper the implementation of the Republic
Act 8794 or the Anti-Overloading Act, according to International
Container Terminal Services, Inc. senior vice president Capt.
Francis Andrews.
ÒAlthough there are some procedures that minimize overweight
cargoes to and from ports, equipping the ports with enough
weighing scales will guarantee correct cargo weight and liberate
truck operators from shouldering added cost (arising from)
apprehension due to overweight cargoes,Ó Andrews, who
is also general manager of the Manila International Container
Terminal (MICT), said at the recent Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation conference on intermodalism.
Apprehensions due to the No Overloading Law are estimated
to cost trucking operators 35% to 40% of their revenue per
trip. About 95% of trucks passing through the North Luzon
Expressway (NLEX) are presently being apprehended due to overloading.
For every violation, a P2,500 penalty is collected.
NLEX began enforcing the law last year despite the absence
of implementing rules and regulations. Other areas which do
not have weighing equipment enforce the law based on guesswork.
ÒWe can control the weight of imported cargo and comply
with the requirements but what we have difficulty controlling
are export cargo, from shippers to vessels,Ó Andrews
pointed out.
He said exporters fill containers to the maximum because trucking
rates are based on distance of delivery anyway and not on
weight.
He added that misdeclaration of cargo also makes it more difficult
to control the weight of exported cargoes.
Andrews noted that based on studies at MICT, about 70% of
containers that pass though the terminal are overweight.
MICT has its own weighing procedures to guarantee accurate
weight of containers before loading. It charges a weighing
fee of P100 per box, which it claims to be cheaper by a third
compared to the fee charged by other operators.
Aug
exports, imports register double-digit increases
EXPRESS firm TNT Philippines has reengineered
its express service to address the country’s needs for
clinical trials market.
TNT Philippines vice president for special services Gabby
Patag said Clinical Express is TNT’s solution to the
growing logistics needs for the Philippines’ clinical
trials market.
ÒSince we are a tropical country. TNT’s Clinical
Express helps pharmaceutical companies, central laboratories,
and contract research organizations to safely and efficiently
transport their diagnostic specimens and supplies in temperature-controlled
conditions,Ó Patag explained.
Clinical Express offers simple, efficient, and controllable
cost of packaging. These solutions include MedPak that protects
clinical trials samples in high-visibility packaging during
transportation; MedPak Thermo that provides a complete packaging
solution, complying with International Air Transport Association
Packing Instruction 650 for Diagnostics Specimens and Packing
Instruction 904 for dry ice; MedPak Ice that simplifies dry
ice and packaging management; and MedPak Label that provides
unique labeling, documentation and information solution for
clinical trial samples.
These packaging solutions are customized by TNT to secure
other shipments such as infectious/non-infectious, harmful,
and/or sensitive specimens such as blood samples and other
diagnostic specimens.
ÒIt is critical that we be involved at the onset in
the project planning so we could set and recommend the parameters
such as packaging solutions, kit fulfillment, global distribution,
and logistics management,Ó Patag pointed out.
TNT is well positioned to cater to the country’s growing
clinical trials market. To date, TNT has achieved an 80% growth
in the clinical trials industry here and abroad.
Recently, TNT built a cold storage facility in its headquarters
in Pasay City to cater to the market’s growth.
