North Harbor
truckers jack up rates by 16%
NORTH Harbor shippers will be shelling out
more for their truck deliveries starting Wednesday (April
16) after North Harbor truck operators decided to implement
a 16% increase in rates.
The Allied Transport Group (ATG), Integrated North Harbor
Truckers Association and WGA Trucking Association —
collectively known as the Alliance of North Harbor Trucking
Association (ANHTA) — said the hike was necessary to
recover higher costs related to fuel and spare parts and to
mitigate the effects of a 3% decline in North Harbor cargo
volume in the first two months of the year.
“We are increasing our rates by some 16% starting tomorrow
(April 16) both for pier-to-pier and door-to-door transactions.
The rates will be used within the National Capital Region
40-kilometer radius round trip,” ANHTA spokesperson
and ATG president Catalino Costales told PortCalls.
Rates for provincial trips and trips exceeding the 40-km radius
will be based on the matrix computed and implemented by the
Philippine Liner Shipping Association.
Costales said the increase is being implemented even without
the consent of the Supply Chain Management Association of
the Philippines (formerly the Distribution Management Association
of the Philippines), the country’s leading association
of distribution managers and the association’s key customer,
as a show of force and to compel the association to act swiftly
on its petition the next time around.
Based on the new rates — all inclusive of the 12% value-added
tax — one twenty-footer will be charged P5,380 for pier-to-pier
shipments from P5,100 per TEU. Door-to-door shipments are
now P5,915 per TEU.
Each 10-footer will have to be multiplied by 0.70 then charged
P3,766 for pier-to-pier shipments, and P4,140 for door-to-door
transactions.
Every 20-foot tandem shipment will be multiplied by 1.70 and
charged P9,146 for pier-to-pier shipments and P10,055 for
door-to-door shipments.
The charge for the tandem 3 x 10 or 30-footer is P10,055 (door-to-door)
and P9,146 (pier-to-pier).
New trucking rates within NCR
40km round-trip voyages
|
| |
Door-to-Door |
Pier-to-Pier |
1. per one (1) 20-footer
|
P5,915.00
|
P5,380.00 |
2. per one (1) 10-ftr
x 0.70 |
P4,140.00 |
P3,766.00 |
3. Tandem 20-ftr x 1.70 |
P10,055.00 |
P9,146.00 |
4. Tandem 3x10 or 30-ftr |
P10,055.00 |
P9,146.00 |
Prices are inclusive of 12% VAT
Provincial trips and trips exceeding 40-km round-trip
will be
levied using the PLSA computed matrix
Source: Alliance of North Harbor Trucking Association
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More relaxed container deposit fee
scheme in place by May
STARTING May 1, Philippine International
Seafreight Forwarders Association (PISFA) members may benefit
from a favorable container deposit fee scheme with the Association
of International Shipping Lines (AISL).
Under the agreement, signed last Friday by PISFA president
Dexter Yu and AISL president Octavio Katigbak, five AISL members
— “K” Line, Yang Ming Lines, Goldstar Lines,
ZIM Lines and China Ocean Shipping Co — will accept
company checks issued by PISFA members as a guarantee to answer
detention charges accruing on containers withdrawn from the
port.
The check, to be held by AISL for safe keeping during the
free time period, will only be deposited after the detention
free time lapses.
PISFA will put up a bond of P100,000 in favor of AISL as guarantee
in the event the company check is dishonored.
PISFA members wanting to avail of the program will have to
put up a bond that will form part of the seed money for the
guarantee.
The agreement aims to lighten the financial burden assumed
by freight forwarders on behalf of their clients. It also
spares importers, manufacturers and exporters from posting
the container deposit fee and from incurring additional administrative
costs.
“This is a very welcome development for PISFA. We hope
that with this agreement, it will open the door for a wider
and stronger working relationship between freight forwarders
and shipping lines,” Yu told PortCalls in an interview
after the signing at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza.
“Hopefully also, the other member lines of the AISL
will participate in this undertaking to further cut the expenses
of forwarders and shippers,” he added.
AISL’s Katigbak said the agreement is a win-win solution
for both associations and specifically helps address concerns
on cash flow.
“This is the start of an effective dialogue between
forwarders and carriers and hopefully we could also address
other issues in the future with regard to other charges,”
Katigbak said.
PISFA and AISL will evaluate the scheme every three months
to determine whether the conditions and objectives have been
attained and if additional safeguards are needed.
The agreement is valid until May 2009. — Chris
C. Paringit
At the signing of the box deposit fee
agreement were (seated, L to R) PISFA president Dexter Yu
and AISL president Octavio Katigbak; (standing) PISFA legal
counsel Atty Romeo Sto Tomas, PISFA director Doris Torres,
AISL general manager Atty Max Cruz and Port Users Confederation
president Lito Colona.
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Pair Cargo supports National Conference
on Safe Trade
PAIR Cargo became the latest institution
to support the The 1st National Conference on SAFE TRADE &
Authorized Economic Operators (International Security Initiatives
and their Impact on Philippine Trade) scheduled on May 13-14,
2008 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City.
Pair Cargo signed up as a minor sponsor to the event being
organized by the Aircargo Forwarders of the Philippines, Inc
(AFPI) in partnership with the World Customs Organization
(WCO) and the Philippine Bureau of Customs.
The conference tackles the many issues and questions regarding
the implementation of new international cargo security measures.
Highlights include a presentation by WCO on the directions
since the adoption of SAFE Framework of Standards in June
2005. Overview of country AEO or Authorized Economic Operators
Programs by resource speakers from the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, European Union, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia,
Secured Trade Partnership of Singapore, CTPAT USA, TAPA and
the presentation of the Philippine Bureau of Customs, its
AEO model will be part of the conference.
WCO SAFE Framework of Standards secures and facilitates the
movement of global trade while AEO is defined in the SAFE
Framework as a party involved in the international movement
of goods in whatever functions that have been approved by
or on behalf of a national customs administration in compliance
with WCO or equivalent supply chain security standards. AEOs
include manufacturers, importers, exporters, brokers, carriers,
consolidators, ports, airports, terminal operators, integrated
operators, warehouse and distributors.
For conference participation and sponsorship inquiries, call
the AFPI Secretariat at 853-05498 / 853-2724 or email secretary_general@afpi.org.ph.
At the contract signing were (L to R)
Cynthia R. Tsui, AFPI Chairman; Joseph C. Madrigal, President
of PAIR CARGO; and Leo Tagle, AFPI Director & Chairman
Ways & Means Committee.
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Expansion in the cards for MICT
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services,
Inc (ICTSI) will expand its flagship Manila International
Container Terminal (MICT) so it can handle more than two million
TEUs starting next year, 25% more than the current capacity
of 1.6 million TEUs.
No financial details were provided but earlier estimates showed
ICTSI would need at least P1 billion for the expansion, the
first since 2004.
Once expanded, MICT would continue to remain the biggest facility
of ICTSI, followed by its Chinese terminal with a capacity
of handling 1 million TEUs, then its Syrian port with 900,000
TEUs.
By next year, ICTSI terminals all over the world would have
a total capacity of seven million TEUs from the current five
million TEUs. The 2009 estimate already includes the Colombian
port, still in the planning stage of construction, which can
handle up to 500,000 TEUs.
Last year, MICT’s volume reached 1.37 million TEUs,
or about 63% of the total international container traffic
at the Port of Manila.
Other ICTSI ports up for expansion next year include those
in Brazil, Poland, Indonesia, Ecuador, and Georgia.
In its commitment to the Philippine Ports Authority, ICTSI
may — depending on the growth of volumes at MICT —
construct a sixth berth this year.
ICTSI’s full-year unaudited net income in 2007 grew
52% to P2.8 billion from the previous year’s P1.83 billion.
Overseas operations continue to drive its growth though at
a slower pace.
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New territorial assignments at BOC
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has redefined
territorial assignments to boost its collection performance.
Commissioner Napoleon Morales said the bureau needs to constantly
come up with new measures to make up for unrealized assumptions
used to set the P254-billion collection target for 2008.
“Now the peso is closer to P41 to a dollar, but when
the target was set late last year it was P46. I have said
time and again that based on figures from the Department of
Finance every peso difference has a revenue impact of P3 billion,”
Morales said.
Recently signed was Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No.
2-2008 or the Creation of a New Collection District No. XV
(Port of Aparri) and redefining the area of jurisdiction of
Collection District No. I (Port of San Fernando).
The new Collection District XV of the BOC shall have the Port
of Aparri in Cagayan province as its principal port of entry
and with the following sub-ports of entry: Subport of Irene
in Cagayan Province, Subport of Curimao in Ilocos Norte and
Laoag International Airport in Ilocos Norte.
BOC said the subports of entry together with their respective
plantilla of personnel, powers, functions and properties are
being transferred from Collection District No. I to the newly
created Collection District XV.
The measure is pursuant to Section 701 of the Tariff and Customs
Code of the Philippines, as amended and Executive Order No.
707 dated February 18, 2008, where a new Customs Collection
District No. XV was created.
Collection District No. I shall retain the Port of San Fernando
in La Union as its Principal Port of Entry with the following
subports of entry: Subport of Baguio-PEZA in John Hay Economic
Zone, Subport of Salomague in Ilocos Sur and Subport of Sual
in Pangasinan.
Port of Aparri shall be headed by a District Collector of
Customs and assisted by one Deputy Collector of Customs.
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