CPA reports 21 percent increase in Holy Week 2023 travelers

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) accommodated a total of 394,136 Holy Week travelers at the different passenger terminals here in the last seven days, from April 2 to 8, 2023. Of the number,…

Over a thousand left stranded in Cebu ports on Christmas Day due to bad weather

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over a thousand individuals from Cebu were unable to spend Christmas with their loved ones due to bad weather. As of midnight of Dec. 25, the Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7)…

Over 230,000 passengers flocked to Cebu ports for Kalag-Kalag 2022

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/06/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – With more relaxed restrictions, authorities here recorded an increase in passenger traffic in seaports during the observance of Kalag-Kalag 2022.  The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said they registered 237,817 inbound and outbound passengers…

Sea trips from Cebu ports resume on Oct. 30

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Hundreds of passengers hoping to go to their respective hometowns in observance of All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day hit the different ports in Cebu on Sunday, October 30, as authorities have…

Smuggled ammunition, sex toy from US intercepted in Cebu port

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A smuggled sex toy and more than 100 rounds of ammunition were confiscated in a port in Cebu by Customs officials. The Bureau of Customs in the Port of Cebu (BOC-Port of Cebu)…

CPA GM Miole: Cebu port to have one-stop-shop for crew change soon 

Doris C. Bongcac 09/26/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu –The Cebu port will soon have its own One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for a crew change. Cebu Port Authority (CPA) General Manager Leonilo Miole said that once activated, this would already serve as the fourth OCC…

Body of unidentified man found floating in Pier 4

Alven Marie A. Timtim 11/05/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—The Coast Guard in Cebu found a body of an unidentified man floating off the waters in Pier 4 of the port of Cebu  past 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 5, 2019. According to Seaman First…

Hot rice worth P83M seized in Cebu port

Nestle L. Semilla 12/11/2017

At least P80 million worth of goods made up mostly of smuggled rice inside 71 shipping containers were confiscated on Monday by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) port of Cebu. According to the Bureau of Customs, the…

Customs denies smuggling, claims Cebu is ‘rice smuggling free’

Calvin D. Cordova 06/07/2017

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) Cebu office clarified yesterday that there was no shipment of smuggled rice at the Cebu port even as it reiterated that Cebu is “rice smuggling” free. BoC District Collector Elvira Cruz said…

Public advised to be at port terminals early

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/28/2016

THE traveling public is advised to arrive at Cebu port terminals ahead of their departure to prevent congestion. Glenn Sarador, chief of port of police at Cebu Ports Authority (CPA), said that they asked the shipping companies…

CPA to push through with its port project despite JV deal

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/30/2016

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) will pursue its proposed international container port project in Consolacion town even after the municipal government signed an agreement with a private developer to build a similar facility in the area. CPA…

Exec: Cebu port cuts 7-month revenue shortfall to P540M

Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/07/2016

THE Cebu Port has cut by 4.5 percent or P540 million its revenue shortfall in the first seven months of the year. Acting Cebu Customs District Collector Rico Rey Francis Holganza said yesterday that the Cebu Port…

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