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Posts tagged with "Manila International Container Terminal"
BOC to require shipping lines to open more depots
Nov. 20 | Image courtesy of Sailom at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The Bureau of Customs is looking to require international shipping lines to open more container depots. This is one of the measures being eyed by government to help address the persistent problem of empty...
Phase 2 of 1-Assessment kicks off at 11 PH ports
Nov. 6 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now implementing the second phase of its enhanced goods declaration verification system at the ports of Batangas, Clark, Limay, Subic, and Surigao, and the sub-ports of Bislig, Nasipit, Mariveles, Siain, Puerto Princesa,...
Stakeholders suggest ways to ease high utilization at Manila terminals
Oct. 29 | Logistics stakeholders are proposing measures such as transferring empty containers to Batangas and Subic for repositioning and pulling out cargoes on weekends to ease the current high utilization at Manila ports and congestion at empty container yards. At...
Cavite Gateway Terminal officially opens Nov 5
Oct. 20 | Cavite Gateway Terminal is 11 kilometers from the Cavite Export Processing Zone Authority, whose users are the facility’s ideal clients. Photo from the Department of Transportation. The Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), the Philippines’ first container...
CTAP outlines rules for empty container returns
Oct. 2 | The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) has released guidelines for members to follow to cope with the increasing difficulty of returning empty containers to container yards in Metro Manila. Board Resolution No. 03 series of...
Full operation of Cavite Gateway Terminal starts end-Sept
Sep. 12 | Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), the Philippines’ first container roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) barge terminal, is set to start full operations by end of the month after handling 360 containers during the pilot period from July to early September. The containers...
PH cargo volume up 2%, container traffic by 9% in Jan-July
Sep. 6 | Philippine ports’ foreign cargo throughput reached 87.639 mmt in the first seven months of the year, 1.64% higher than the figure posted a year earlier. Photo courtesy of Manila International Container Terminal operator International Container Terminal...
Harbor Star expands operation to other ports with latest acquisition
Aug. 19 | Image from http://www.harborstar.com.ph Marine service provider Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. (HSSSI) has acquired 31% of the outstanding capital stock of tugboat operator High Energy Marine Services, Inc. (HEMSI). HSSSI, in a disclosure to the...
BOC sets Aug 1 pilot run for online goods declaration verification system
Jul. 14 | The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) plans to start the pilot implementation of its enhanced goods declaration verification system (EGDVS) on August 1, covering only consumption entries at the ports of Batangas, Clark, and Subic, according to Customs...
