TRUCKING INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE * Philippines
* Philippines - More lanes for trucks, but operators should move more cargo on weekend, holidays
Manila,Philippines -InterAksyon/TV5, by Clara Masinag -August 24, 2014: -- Additional lanes have been given to cargo trucks following the requests of traders and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), as part of continuing efforts to decongest the piers, avert supply chain disruptions and increase the cost of business, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said Sunday... The additional truck lane, operating 24 hours, extends from the Manila port going to Southern Metro Manila via Roxas Boulevard... MMDA Emerson Carlos, assistant general manager for operations, said every effort is being done to ease the congestion at major ports in Metro Manila... However, he said, it would help even more if truckers took advantage of the holidays and weekends to deliver their goods. Only a few cargo trucks are operating during the past holidays, Saturday and Sunday in spite of the fact that the truck ban is suspended on such days...
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