Question & AnswerQ&A (POP PPA PMO PULUPANDAN MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 02-98)
The Order applies to motor bancas with 6 Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) and up docking along the shoreline of Pulupandan and nearby areas.
To facilitate the issuance of entrance/clearance to motorized bancas and adoption of documentation procedures.
It prescribes the procedure and guidelines on the issuance of departure clearance to motor bancas on a weekly basis.
Vessels must submit three copies each of their Inward Cargo Manifest (ICM), Outward Cargo Manifest (OCM), passenger manifest, and present the vessel's roll-book.
Yes, upon request, the submission of necessary documents can be made weekly covering the previous week, submitted every Monday to the PPA Terminal Office.
All vessels with 6 GRT and up must secure PPA clearance prior to departure as required under P.D. 857 as amended, and Executive Order 493.
Payment of vessel usage fees may be paid weekly with document submission. Wharfage dues may be collected by the vessel's owner/patron from cargo owners and remitted to PPA together with vessel dues.
P15.05 per day or fraction thereof per call.
P0.158 per sack of 50 kilos and P315 per metric ton for cargoes in kaings or other forms.
They will be collected at PPA Pulupandan using the same prescribed rates.
The Order took effect on 20 April 1998.