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Subic designated hub for international crew change
Jul. 12 | The Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) has approved the Department of Transportation (IATF) proposal to dedicate Subic and other ports as hubs for international crew change. Under Resolution No. 53 signed...
SBMA: 38 cruise ship arrivals in Subic confirmed for 2020
Jan. 5 | Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay More cruise ships are expected to arrive at Subic port next year as the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) continues to upgrade maritime facilities to increase cruise tourism traffic. SBMA chairman and...
SBITC loads yacht on ship through flat rail system
Oct. 8 | Using flat rails, the catamaran was loaded onto a single 40-foot flat rack. The process was simplified into two moves—first, sea to berth, and second, berth to vessel after the cargo is lashed to the flat rack and flat rail. Photo from port operator...
Rice tariff collection hits P5.9B; Subic contributes biggest share
Jul. 6 | The Philippine government has so far collected P5.9 billion in tariffs from 1.43 million metric tons (MT) of rice stocks imported by private traders, following the enactment of the Rice Tariffication Law that liberalized imports of the grain, preliminary...
Reefer box with suspected swine fever-infected meat confiscated in Subic
Jun. 7 | A reefer container that is full of meat products suspected of being infected with the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus and that arrived at Subic port from China has been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC), according to the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority...
Subic port’s 4 new reach stackers operational in April
Apr. 1 | Subic Bay International Terminal Corporation (SBITC) has acquired four additional reach stackers to ensure efficient port operations and optimize the container yard space of the Subic port terminal. Installing reach stackers is part of the terminal operator’s...
Additional 7,500 empties to be loaded out of MICP on weekends
Mar. 7 | Some shipping lines loading in and out of Manila International Container Port (photo) have agreed to each load out an additional 100 to 1,800 twenty-foot equivalent units every weekend on top of the empty containers they load out on weekdays to resolve...
PPA requires transfer of overstaying cargoes from Manila ports within 15 days
Mar. 2 | Cargo owners and shippers have 15 days from March 1 to withdraw their customs-cleared containers in Manila ports or face forced transfer of their cargoes. Photo of Manila South Harbor courtesy of Asian Terminals Inc. The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)...
SBITC equipped to handle volume jump in holiday shipments
Dec. 13 | Subic Bay International Terminal Corp (SBITC), which operates New Container Terminals 1 and 2 at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, said cargo volumes handled have been growing continuously for 13 straight months since 2017. Photo courtesy of SBITC. Subic Bay...
