TPLEX final section now open, cuts by half travel time between Baguio and Manila

Jul. 15 | TPLEX | Photo from DPWH Secretary Mark Villar’s Facebook page The Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) officially opened today (July 15) with the completion of its final section, cutting travel time between Manila and Baguio by half to...

COVID-19 to change warehouse market ‘for good’—report

Jul. 15 | The COVID-19 crisis is challenging many key warehousing trends, prompting companies to take a far more nuanced or multifaceted approach, especially when it comes to inventory stocking, according to a new report from Transport Intelligence (Ti). The paper...

LBC Express cargo services on hold for 5 days

Jul. 11 | LBC Express, Inc. will stop accepting cargo shipments (parcels, boxes, etc.) at its branches for forwarding to all destinations from July 12 to 16, 2020. In an advisory, LBC said that in the process of putting in place safety and logistics measures capacities...

Logistics stakeholders see economic recovery by H1 2021

Jul. 9 | Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Logistics industry stakeholders expect the economy to start recovering from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the first half of 2021, according to a survey among participants to a recent webinar on “Navigating...

PEZA set to ok P2B worth of investments

Jul. 8 | The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Board is set to approve on July 10 a total of 27 new projects worth P2 billion with a potential to employ 3,694, according to director general Charito Plaza in a July 7 online press conference. In its last...

SCAn Reporter now in Apple Store

Jul. 8 | The SCAn Reporter, a mobile app that can report logistics and supply chain issues directly to the government, is now available for download in the Apple Store. SCAn Reporter, which was launched together with the Supply Chain Analytics (SCAn) Dashboard...

LBC Express income jumps 2,378% in Q1

Jul. 6 | LBC Davao warehouse LBC Express Holdings, Inc. recorded a net income of P187.7 1 million in the first quarter of 2020, a whopping 2,378% increase from the P7.57 million reported in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange,...

J&T Express says sorry for viral video, vows to cooperate with gov’t probe

Jul. 3 | J&T Express Philippines apologized for a video that recently went viral showing personnel mishandling parcels, and said it will cooperate with an investigation ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte. “We appreciate the concern expressed by the President...

NLEX Tambobong interchange in Bocaue now open

Jul. 2 | Aerial view of NLEX Tambobong Interchange | Photo courtesy of DPWH The new North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Tambobong Interchange in Bocaue, Bulacan opened today (July 2), according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The new interchange...

Duterte orders probe of J&T Express for mishandling cargo

Jul. 1 | President Rodrigo Duterte ordered an investigation of express delivery company J&T Express Philippines over alleged service irregularities. At a late night televised address on June 30, Duterte threatened to shut down the company if the probe by...