The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) launched on Tuesday, July 9, five major projects to mark the 50 th anniversary celebration of the agency, including a K-9 Academy in Pampanga and a cruise ship terminal in Surigao del Norte. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago said the projects are the...
First-hand and real time information on the status of container storage in ports and private off-dock yards will provide shippers and customs brokers the power to properly and effectively manage imported goods that eventually lower the logistics cost. This was emphasized by the Philippine Ports...
A group of Filipino customs brokers disputed the claim of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) that its multi-million-peso container monitoring and registry program could bring down the logistics and shipment costs being paid by stakeholders. File photo: Philippine Ports Authority / PPA PPA General...
The implementation of the digital registration and monitoring of container vans will result in savings of up to 84 percent of logistical expenses being paid by importers, shippers, truckers and customs brokers, data from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) revealed. Citing the 2022 data of...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is now on the final phase of the review and test of an online platform that would pave the way for the implementation of the electronic ticketing system for ship and ferry passengers. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago said they are now coordinating with the...
Some importers have been taking advantage of the cheaper storage fee at the Philippine ports' warehouses for their refrigerated containers, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has revealed. The practice became a headache for port officials as it would result in high congestion rate that even...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has advised foreign shipping lines that it will no longer accept refrigerated containers until Jan. 1 due to congestion in all its storage areas. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago said that based on their monitoring last week, the PPA's storage areas reached 110...
Dividends remitted by the Philippines Ports Authority (PPA) to the government coffers under President Duterte’s watch exceeded the sum it had contributed in more than two decades, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III on Wednesday, March...
73085 The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) remitted P4.08 billion dividend payment to the Department of Finance, announced General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago. The amount remitted Monday, March 21, represents 60 percent of PPA’s P6.79 billion net income for 2021 and is 8.5 percent higher than...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Art Tugade, together with Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) General Manager Jay Santiago, is set to inaugurate the rehabilitated and upgraded Port of Talaga in Mabini, Batangas on Wednesday, June 30. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago (File photo/...
