PEZA service providers form group to tackle logistics concerns

Jul. 30 | Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay A group servicing Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locators and companies has been established to address logistics concerns, among other issues. The Federation of PEZA Service Providers (FPSP) will be co-chaired...

Coopetition an opportunity for multimodal transport operators, says industry exec

Jun. 14 | Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Multimodal transport operators can collaborate and cooperate—even between competitors—during this time when there are capacity issues and decrease in cargo demand brought by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,...

Clamor grows for waiver of port fees, extended free storage

Apr. 20 | From top left to right: PMTLAI president Marilyn Alberto, PASIA president Charlie Villaseñor, Dr. Enrico Basilio, SCAMP president-elect Carlo Curay, and BOC assistant commissioner Atty. Vincent Philip Maronilla during a recent #ResilienceandRecoveryPH...

Cargo service providers open for business despite ‘huge constraints’

Mar. 18 | Shipping lines, freight forwarding companies, and container depots remain operational, though experiencing difficulties, during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Association of...

PH port agencies, stakeholders brace for coronavirus fallout on cargoes, supply chain

Feb. 10 | Philippine port authorities and cargo transport service providers are anticipating a slowdown in ship calls, reduction in cargo volumes and higher costs as a result of the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV). Shipments of semiconductors...

Alberto elected first president of merged PH association of freight forwarders

Mar. 18 | Marilyn Alberto, president of the newly established Philippine Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Association, Inc. (PMTLAI), at last week’s forum on Understanding TRAIN: What’s At Stake for the Cargo Transport Industry jointly organized...