CEBU CITY – All ports in Cebu will be on heightened alert from April 2 to April 10 for the Holy Week. The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said this is in response to the directive issued by the Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista. The heightened alert status is meant to ensure the...
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will be inaugurating three major terminals across the country in March this year, including the one in Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro which will be the Philippines' biggest Passenger Terminal Building (PTB). Aside from the PTB in Calapan City, PPA General...
International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) plans to invest $343 million more in its Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), Australia’s biggest port, to accommodate larger ships. The investment is on top of the $481 million which ICTSI already invested in Victoria, Australia...
Agents of the Port Management Office of Surigao seized around 600 kilograms of chorizo that are believed to have been smuggled into the country. In a statement, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said the items were inside a cargo truck when PMO Surigao Port police chanced upon the vehicle. media...
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...
