Major shipping and logistic groups support the decision of the Senate to investigate, in aid of legislation, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for its issuances that the groups claimed could lead to increase in logistics cost and price of food and basic commodities. The hearing will be conducted...
CEBU CITY – Economic and tourism activities are expected to boom further in Bohol after the opening of a new shipping route in the province to Cebu. BOHOL Gov. Aris Aumentado (fifth from right), Bohol Rep. Vanessa Aumentado (fourth from right), and Chester Cokaliong (sixth from right), chief...
Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL), the country’s largest group of shipping lines and operators, said other countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, among others requires container deposit. AISL President Patrick Ronas pointed this out in a...
Trans-Asia Shipping Lines, Inc. (TASLI), a subsidiary of Dennis A. Uy’s Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corp., has launched its Facebook Messenger chatbot for passengers book trip and access information. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Chelsea said the chatbot,...
The Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) has approved the tax incentives for a P1.5-billion Cebu-based roll on roll off (RoRo) operator that aims to help modernize the shipping industry and increase competition. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said Tuesday, March 15, that the FIRB...
42% laid off workers Majority or 90.9 percent of companies are just operating at certain capacity while 42.4 percent have laid off employees either temporarily or permanently, according to a survey conducted by the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport). The PhilExport Survey on the...
