he Philippine Ports Authority is looking at a working timeline of less than half a year until June to implement the Trusted Operator Program-Container Registry and Monitoring System program, which the PPA considers as a possible solution to the high logistics charges levied on truckers and other logistics players – the container deposit and missing empty container charges.
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.
In a statement,
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…