Major maritime stakeholders have asked President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to immediately revoke an order from the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) imposing an additional container monitoring system in current port operations.
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MAJOR stakeholders in the maritime industry, with backing from top business groups, have united in asking President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to immediately revoke a Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) order imposing an additional container monitoring system in the current ports operations. Implementation of the order will “result in an…
Trade groups have sought for the scrapping of a Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) order prescribing the registration and monitoring of containers, stating the regulation will only add to the undue cost burdens of businesses and consumers amid runaway inflation and container delays.
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TRADE groups including the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (Philexport) and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) have renewed their objection to a Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) order prescribing the registration and monitoring of containers, noting that such pads the “undue cost burdens” of business and consumers amid runaway inflation…