QuestionsQuestions (PPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 01-2005)
It clarifies the cargo handling rate/premium computation for dangerous cargoes that bear multiple dangerous labels (principal and subsidiary risks), directing that only the principal risk be used for the premium.
It requires charging based on the cargo’s principal risk, even if the container/package bears subsidiary risk labels as well.
Only the label/placard representing the principal risk is considered for the computation of the premium.
Principal risk placards have the property symbol on top and the UN code number at the bottom; subsidiary risk placards show the symbols but no UN code number.
Principal risk is POISONOUS GAS (Class 2.3). For premium computation, only the principal risk (Class 2.3) is charged, even though it also has subsidiary risks such as CORROSIVE (Class 8) and OXIDIZING SUBSTANCE (Class 5.1).
One label/placard bears the POISONOUS GAS symbol and the number 2.3 at the bottom; the other labels/placards bear the CORROSIVE and OXIDIZING SUBSTANCE symbols but no numbers at the bottom.
The labels/placards on the container/package shall be considered.
No. Under Section 3, even if the cargo is declared/classified as regular cargo at the port of origin and/or in its shipping manifest, it is still subject to premium under PPA AO No. 02-89 if it is in the PPA list of dangerous cargoes or if its container/packaging physically contains a dangerous cargo label or multiple labels.
Misdeclaration does not avoid the premium: if the cargo is in the PPA list of dangerous cargoes or if dangerous labels are physically present on the container/packaging, the cargo is charged according to the dangerous cargo premium rules (via AO No. 02-89).
It references PPA Administrative Order No. 02-89. AO No. 01-2005 clarifies how the cargo handling rate/premium should be computed when dangerous cargoes have multiple labels—i.e., charge based on the principal risk.
Any problem arising in classification must be brought to the attention of the Port Manager of the PMO concerned through the Safety Staff.
The issue should be brought to the Port Manager of the PMO concerned through the Safety Staff.
Fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
No. The Order specifies that only the principal risk is considered in the computation of the premium.
By checking the container/package for the dangerous cargo labels/placards and identifying which label contains the UN code number (principal risk). If there’s a mismatch with the manifest, the physical labels/placards control.