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Manila Harbor Center to undergo bulk cargo capacity expansion
Manila Harbor Center (MHC), a bulk and breakbulk handling facility in the Port of Manila in the Philippines, is expanding its cargo handling capacity with the completion ..
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FEATURE | Why the Philippines’ only luxury cruise ship is no longer sailing
The 106-metre 7107 Islands Cruise, the first – and, so far, only – luxury cruise ship ever owned and operated by a Filipino company, was envisioned as a key component ..
Containership crashes into Manila pier
A Feedermax container vessel accidentally rammed into a pier at Manila North Harbor port in the early morning hours of 10 August 2020, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The post Containership…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/containership-crashes-into-manila-pier/
Empties and overstaying boxes in Manila drastically dropped
Sixty days after the Manifesto of Support was signed by shipping stakeholders, the number of empties and overstaying containers at the Port of Manila drastically dropped to a more appealing level.
The manifesto allowed the Manila ports — composed of the Manila South Harbor, Manila International Container Terminal and the Manila North Port — to steadily de-clog their yards of empty containers and overstaying cargoes, paving the way for more efficient operations.
The manifesto aims to prevent the...
https://container-news.com/empties-overstaying-boxes-manila-drastically-dropped/
Port of Manila operations improve amid decongestion
Operations within the Port of Manila (POM) have started to improve with the removal of many overstaying containers, which has alleviated problems created by congestion.
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said the yard utilization rate at Manila ports has gone down to 70 percent after reaching as high as 90-95 percent in January this year.
“Port efficiency is at its highest as the yard utilization rate continues to drop while the average crane moves per hour is 22 moves or higher with average...
https://container-news.com/port-manila-operations-improve-amid-decongestion/
Manila returns trash to Canada
Canada will see more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to its Port of Vancouver soon from the Philippines, the CTV reported Thursday, April 2.
Canada made a formal offer earlier this week to have the containers returned to the Canadian port, according to the report.
The containers arrived in a port near Manila in 2013 and 2014 labelled as plastics for recycling, and have sat in limbo ever since while the two countries disagreed about how they should be disposed of.
Howe...
ICTSI: Philippines Gov’t Action on Overstaying Containers Improves Efficiency
ICTSI welcomes “concrete steps” taken by the Philippine government to clear Manila ports of overstaying cargo.
MICP taking steps to ease Manila port issues
Amid congestion woes, the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on Wednesday, Feb 27, said the management is taking measures to ease port problems.
Several organizations over the past months called on the government to address port management issues, including slow release of containers from the ports, long lines of trucks outside the entrance of container yards, and the difficulty in the return of empty containers.
Delays in shipment, the MICP said, were caused by “the influx of the volume...
https://container-news.com/micp-taking-steps-to-ease-manila-port-issues/
BOC orders transfer of Manila’s empty containers
In an attempt to solve port congestion, the Bureau of Customs has ordered the transfer of all empty containers in Port of Manila and Manila International Container Port to the ports in Batangas and Subic.
Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero directed the district collectors of Port of Manila (POM) and Manila International Container Port (MICP), which are both located in Manila, to transfer all empty containers to the Asian Terminals Inc. in Port of Batangas and Manila International...
https://container-news.com/boc-orders-transfer-manila-empty-containers/