The Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) approved the Philippine National Standard (PNS) 2135:2018 Road Freight Transport.
BPS said thedevelopment of PNS 2135:2018 was crafted by the proposal of the Competitiveness Bureau to support the National Logistics Masterplan Program (NLMP) established by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the GIZ Project Transport and Climate Change.
“This standard aims to enhance overall operations in the road freight transport as it provides guidelines to fleet operation and/or freight forwarders for reliable, safe, cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable road freight transport,” said BPS.
“It is applicable to all types of fleet operators and/or freight forwarders regardless of their size, type and activities,” it added.
BPS said the PNS also aims to improve the overall logistics performance of the country and subsequently increase the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) ranking of the Philippines.
The PNS was approved upon the recommendation of the Bureau of Philippine Standards Technical Committee on Logistics (BPS/TC 84).
The TC is composed of stakeholders from the DTI Competitiveness Bureau, Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines, DTI Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau, DTI Consumer Protection and Advocacy Bureau, DTI Board of Investments, DTI Export Marketing Bureau, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, DOTr Land Transportation Office, National Economic Development Authority’s Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippine Ports Authority, Port Users Confederation of the Philippines, Philippine Exporters Confederation, University of the Philippines National Center for Transportation Studies, Academy of Developmental Logistics, Philippine Multimodal Transport and Logistics Association Inc., Philippine Center for Environmental and Sustainable Development Inc., and GIZ Philippines.
