by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Shipping, Aviation & Logistics
⚡ TL;DRFilipinos are among the largest national groups crewing the world’s merchant fleet, working on container ships, tankers, bulk carriers and cruise vessels. Seafaring pays far more than most overseas work available to Filipinos, supports a domestic...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Shipping, Aviation & Logistics
⚡ TL;DRThe Philippines has no roads between its islands, so domestic shipping performs the function a highway network performs elsewhere. It is correspondingly expensive: moving goods within the country can cost more per tonne-kilometre than shipping them...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Shipping, Aviation & Logistics
⚡ TL;DRInternational Container Terminal Services began operating one terminal in Manila in 1988 and became one of the world’s significant independent port operators, running terminals across six continents. Its competitive advantage was a willingness to...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Shipping, Aviation & Logistics
⚡ TL;DRPhilippine Airlines, founded in 1941, is Asia’s oldest continuously operating carrier and has been rebuilt repeatedly — through privatization, the Asian financial crisis, a rehabilitation programme, ownership changes and a formal restructuring...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Shipping, Aviation & Logistics
⚡ TL;DRCebu Pacific brought low-cost flying to an archipelago where the alternative was a multi-day ferry journey, and in doing so created a domestic air travel market that had not previously existed. It is now the country’s largest carrier by passengers,...
