AC Logistics Unit to Bring In MRT-7 Trains

U-Freight Philippines President Nap Marigomen (center) and his team take on the monumental endeavor to transport MRT-7 trains from South Korea to the Philippines.

AC Logistics’ cross border unit, U-Freight Philippines, is the international freight forwarding lead for the country’s newest transit line, Metro Rail Transit Line 7.

MRT-7 is a 22-kilometer rail line connecting North Avenue, Quezon City, to San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Scheduled to be operational by 2025, it will transport about 300,000 passengers daily and reduce end-to-end travel time from two hours to 35 minutes.

U-Freight is the main logistics partner for the supply line and heavy lift operations transporting 84 rail cars from South Korea to the MRT-7 depot in the Philippines. Other entities involved are Hyundai Rotem, Hyundai Glovis, Humex Shipping and Airfreight Corporation, Ravago, NMM Customs Brokers, and the train developer, San Miguel Corporation. U-Freight will undertake this cross-border and heavy lift operations until July 2024, as the project nears 70 percent completion.