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The government agency tasked to ensure to eliminate red tape and facilitate ease of doing business in the country has given a go-signal for the implementation of the Trusted Operator Program – Container Registry and Monitoring System (TOP-CRMS) of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). The TOP-CRM

Eight off-terminal and off-dock container storage facility operators in the Philippines are urging President Marcos to scrap the implementation of the Trusted Operator Program-Container Registry Monitoring System (TOP-CRMS) and the Empty Container Storage Shared Service Facility (ECSSSF). The TOP

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…

Opposition to container monitoring policy flares anew

The digitalization of the operations of the Philippine Port Authority’s (PPA) poses some problems that include its clients paying more for the entire process, a shipping executive said. Patrick Ronas, president of the Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL), said there are some inconsi