SAN JUAN, Batangas -- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported its discovery of an oil spill in the surrounding waters off Subukin Port in Barangay Subukin in this town. The oil spill which was believed to have come from a tugboat that submerged on Wednesday, Feb 8, within the vicinity of the...
Contecon Manzanillo S.A. de C.V. (Contecon Manzanillo), a business unit of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), became the first port operator to be certified as carbon neutral in Mexico. Contecon Manzanillo is a concessionaire of the Specialized Container Terminal of the North...
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...
Around 20,000 to 30,000 liters of diesel were seized from a cargo vessel and three boats that were caught in an alleged case of fuel pilferage at the Navotas Fish Port, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Monday, Jan. 30. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard / PCG The PCG said that its personnel...
A total of P19 million worth of allegedly smuggled sugar had been seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP), the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Friday, Jan. 13. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The agriculture department said the smuggled sugar came in...
The passenger terminal of the Port of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, which will be the country's largest after its P353 million expansion, will open this March, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) general manager Jay Santiago announced. So far, the expansion of the terminal, which will boost its capacity...
Two people were arrested after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) foiled the alleged smuggling of some P13.8 million of shabu into the country. The illegal drugs arrived in the country through the Port of Clark on Jan. 2 from Thailand and was declared as microserver double stairless ceramic, according to...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says that the closure of Subic Port should be "seriously considered" if only to address the alleged rampant agricultural smuggling there. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda "Unless Subic Port cleans up its act, we should seriously consider just closing the...
The opening of the new Passenger Terminal Building will help solve the usual scenario of long queues of passengers at the of the Port of Calapan, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said. PPA General Manager Jay Santiago said the new PTB building is expected to open in March this year and could...
As the holiday break ended and work schedules resumed, tens of thousands of passengers trooped to the Port of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro which resulted in a long queue that reached a one-kilometer stretch on Tuesday, Jan. 3, forcing thousands of travelers to wait for hours before they could board...
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...
Two emergency medical teams and six firefighting volunteers were dispatched by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in a fire that broke out in Navotas City fish port on New Year's Eve. Courtesy of Philippine Red Cross PRC said that the volunteers and medical teams were from its Malabon and Caloocan City...
