(Eagle News)–Usage of the Manila ports is now at 75 percent as shippers and consignees have started withdrawing overstaying cargoes. This is according to the Department of Transportation, which issued a statement on Saturday, April 4, days after Transportation Secretary Art Tugade appealed for consignees to withdraw these to pave the way for incoming cargoes carrying essential needs. “The (Philippine Ports Authority) is happy about this. There (are) now efforts on shippers and consignees to […]
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Charges to be filed vs those behind P1.8-billion shabu shipment from Vietnam
Customs accreditation of consignee, broker revoked (Eagle News)–Charges will be filed against those behind the P1.8 billion worth of shabu intercepted by Customs authorities. In a statement, Manila International Container Port District Collector Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria said he has also revoked the customs accreditation of the consignee, Wealth Lotus Empire Corporation, behind the shipment from Vietnam intercepted on Friday, March 22. He said the accreditation of customs broker Jane A. Castillo has also […]
BoC seizes P36.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Manila port
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs (BoC) on Thursday, May 24, intercepted P36.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, the BoC said it would file charges for violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act against the five consignees responsible for the seven container vans containing “947 cartons of More cigarettes and 53 cartons of Marvels cigarettes, 950 boxes of Mighty cigarettes, boxes of apples mixed with […]
Palace issues new storage rates for overstaying containers
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is issuing new storage rates for overstaying inbound containers already cleared for transfer from the Manila International Container Terminal and the ports of South Harbor, Batangas, and Subic, the Palace said on Wednesday.The PPA has issued Memorandum Circular No. 12, series of 2014, imposing new storage rates on overstaying foreign containers, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in a press briefing in Malacañang. A total of P5,000 pesos will […]
Implementation of Last Mile route
Today marks the start of the implementation of the last mile route for the trucks of Manila port. This was implemented to solve the problem of port decongestion.





