THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu reaped a total revenue of P4.376 million for July, exceeding the target for the month by P1.067 billion or 32.26 percent.This performance sets the port’s highest collection record anew, topping June’s collection of P3.968 billion, and posting a P1.251 billion or 40 precent year-on-year growth.“This is the […]
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MPTC still keen on CTBEX, NLEX-Cavitex Port link
THE Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) said it will “revive” some of its proposed road projects with the new chief of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), including the Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressway (CTBEX) and the Circumferential Road 3 (C3)-Anda Circle segment of the NLEX-Cavitex Port Expressway Link. “We need to (sit down with the) […]
Editorial: Scale up liveability
In the 1990s, a team of University of the Philippines Diliman and Cebu teachers conducting cultural research at Barangay Pasil in Cebu City found out how the “poor” respond to the “poverty” lens through which many outsiders, from academics to politicians, scrutinize their lives.Wandering among and mingling with residents, the researchers discovered beyond the “urban […]
Typhoon-hit Cebu ports eye 250,000 Holy Week travelers
CLOSE to a quarter of a million people are expected to flock to various ports in Cebu before and during the Holy Week observance starting Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022, officials of the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.Mary Knoll Lague-Bolasa, CPA’s public relations officer, told SunStar Cebu they are expecting […]
ICTSI acquires more equipment for MICT operation
PORT OPERATOR International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) acquired additional equipment to improve its operation at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) at the Port of Manila. ICSTI said in a statement on Monday that it recently acquired eight new Mitsui hybrid rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes for its container yard at the Port of Manila. […]
‘No vax, no ride’ at Cebu airport, ports too
THE Cebu Port Authority (CPA) started to implement the “No Vaccination, No Ride” policy for all passengers traveling to and from the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday, Janu…
Customs 2021 collections exceed pre-pandemic levels
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) collected P645.77 billion in 2021, exceeding the P630.31 billion generated in 2019, the last year before the pandemic, as international trade rebounded after the 2020 economic downturn. Collections last year were about 20% higher than the P537 billion logged in 2020 and 4.7% above the bureau’s target, the bureau said […]
Malaysian manufacturers fear heavy losses from floods
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s manufacturers association said on Monday that floods which cut off roads and led to mass evacuations over the weekend have likely resulted in heavy losses for firms in the affected areas. Soh Thian Lai, president of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, said damage to property, other assets and products, as well as production disruption impacted industries in Shah Alam […]
Daanbantayan mulls building world-class PORT terminal
A WORLD-CLASS passenger terminal with a budget hotel for transient passengers may soon rise at Maya Roro Port in Daanbantayan town in Northern Cebu. This after Daanbantayan Mayor Sun Shimura announced that they have submitted a proposal to the Cebu Port Authority (CPA) to collaborate on the development of their roro (roll on, roll off) […]
Cebu Baseport expansion done
ONE of the busiest and main gateways in the Philippines, the Cebu Baseport in Cebu City has completed its P989-million port expansion, and it is seen to accommodate an increased vessel traffic, improve cargo-handling capacity and enhance the overall port productivity. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Cebu Port Authority (CPA) inaugurated on Friday, Nov. […]
Calapan port terminal in Mindoro to be largest in PHL upon completion in 2023
THE TRANSPORTATION department said Thursday that Oriental Mindoro’s Port of Calapan passenger terminal building, which is currently being expanded to accommodate 3,500 passengers at any given time from the cur-rent 800, will be the biggest in the country once completed in February 2023. “Once the ongoing expansion of the passenger terminal building of the Calapan […]
200 fishermen hold protest against Talisay ‘reclamation’
AROUND 200 fishermen in Talisay City, Cebu conducted a protest against what they claimed as an ongoing reclamation of land, which is a part of an international container port, on Monday morning, Nov. 8, 2021. Mananagat sa Talisay Pamo Association (Matapa) vice president for external Joksan Branzuela said they want to have a dialogue with […]
Boy, 12, drowns off Aduana Port, Cebu City
MEMBERS of government search teams found past 3 p.m. Thursday, November 4, 2021, the body of a 12-year-old boy who drowned while gathering seashells in the waters off Aduana Port in Cebu City. The boy was identified as Raven Fajardo, a resident of Barangay Hipodromo. He was found by the personnel of the Philippine Coast […]
Mindanao port upgrades needed to boost region’s standing as import hub
DAVAO CITY — Port development in Mindanao will stimulate the logistics industry and position the southern island as a viable hub for imports that will then be transshipped south to north as an alternative to importing through Manila, a Mindanao business leader said. Ricardo F. Lagdameo, chairman of this year’s Davao Investment Conference (ICon 2021), […]
Container-ship traffic jam in Southeast Asia worst since April
Typhoon Kompasu has resulted in the worst container shipping traffic jam in months, one that now stretches throughout Southeast Asia and may take weeks to unravel. Although port operations are largely back to normal in Shenzhen and Hong Kong after the tropical storm’s passing, the total container ship count off the two vital hubs had ballooned to […]
Printing machinery imported sans clearance seized in Cebu
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Cebu seized used printing machinery from Japan which did not have pre-shipment importation clearance from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) last Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. In a post in its official Facebook page on Thursday, Oct. 7, the BOC Port of Cebu said the importer […]
1 dead, 15 rescued in Ormoc ferry sinking
A FEMALE crew member died and 15 others were rescued after a passenger vessel of Danilo Lines Inc. sank “while conducting a docking maneuver” at Ormoc Port in Ormoc City, Leyte around 11:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the fatality as Raquel Alo, 33, M/V Lite Ferry 3’s purser […]
Gov’t seeking bidders for port expansion project in Marinduque
THE PHILIPPINE Ports Authority (PPA) said it has started seeking bidders for a port expansion project in Marinduque. In an invitation to bid, the PPA said it intends to “apply the sum of P294,441,838.26 being the approved budget for… the contract for the Balanacan Port Expansion Project, Port of Balanacan, Mogpog, Marinduque.” The agency requires […]
JWD to acquire 20% stake in ESCO, sealing partnership with PSA
– Becoming a major international shipping port operator, extending Multimodal Transportation– Partnering with fellow ESCO shareholder PSA Singapore, world’s largest terminal operator BANGKOK, July 27, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – JWD InfoLogistics PLC (JWD), specialized in ASEAN logistics and supply chain solutions, announces a major investment, when on July 23 it agreed to acquire a 20% stake in ESCO, […]
Ports authority seeking bidders for 2 port expansion projects
THE PHILIPPINE Ports Authority (PPA) is seeking bidders for the expansion of Abra de Ilog Port in Occidental Mindoro and San Andres Port in Quezon. The Abra de Ilog Port Expansion Project has an approved budget of P523.06 million, according to PPA’s invitation to bid. The PPA wants the project completed within 660 days from […]