QuestionsQuestions (MARINA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 180)
To provide guidelines on counting and manifesting all persons carried on board passenger ships so that everyone on board is duly and properly recorded in the Passenger Manifest, enhancing maritime safety and promoting convenience for the riding public.
Philippine-registered passenger ships, regardless of size, plying the domestic trade.
A child is twelve (12) years old and below; an adult is above twelve (12) years old.
A passenger is any person carried on board a ship except: (1) the master and members of the crew or other persons employed/engaged in any capacity on board on the business of the ship; (2) a person on board and carried because of the obligation to carry shipwrecked/distressed persons by force majeure; and (3) a child under one (1) year of age.
The list of persons counted as passengers on board a passenger ship for a particular voyage, using the prescribed format with the required information.
No passenger-carrying ship shall allow passengers on board in excess of the total number of passengers authorized for the ship.
Yes, it is generally prohibited, except as provided for in Regulation I/7(I) of the PMMRR '97, as amended, involving the rescue of persons from other ships.
Although not considered passengers, their names shall be attached to the name of the accompanying adult passenger listed in the Passenger Manifest.
Their names should be attached to the name of the accompanying adult passenger listed in the Passenger Manifest.
They shall be manifested as passengers, but shall be listed as children.
Their names will both be listed together as one entry in the Passenger Manifest, and both entries are indicated as children.
Yes. They are counted as passengers and listed in the Passenger Manifest, subject to the terms attached to the grant of the discount/pass.
All persons listed in the Passenger Manifest, excluding those listed as companions of passengers, shall be entitled to the accommodations and amenities due to a paying passenger, and their total number should not exceed the authorized passenger capacity with accommodations.
Entries should be legible and whenever possible, computer-generated.
The Certificate of Inspection must reflect Total Authorized Passenger Capacity in two categories: (a) With accommodations: based on the number of authorized passengers reckoned from accommodations available per approved Accommodation Plan; and (b) With shared/without lying accommodation: corresponding to 10% of the total number of authorized passengers entitled to lying accommodations, including children under one (1) year old, children under three (3) without charge, and other discounted-fare children sharing the same accommodation with accommodated passengers.
No. It does not apply to ferry vessels, High Speed Crafts, and other similar ships where sitting accommodations are provided to passengers.
An administration-approved lifejacket must be provided for every person on board. Additionally, lifejackets suitable for children equal to at least 10% of the total authorized passengers with accommodation on board must be provided, with further additional lifejackets required if the number of children exceeds 10% of the total authorized passengers on board.
They must strictly adhere to the pertinent provisions of Chapter IX of the PMMRR '97, as amended, concerning Life-Saving Appliances.
Yes. For Master/Boat Captain: ships 35 GT & below: P10,000.00, with suspension of SIRB and/or QDC (or other related document) until payment of the penalty and possible revocation of SIRB and/or QDC on 2nd/3rd violations; ships above 35 GT: P25,000.00 with similar suspension on 1st/2nd violations and revocation on 3rd.
For Master/Boat Captain: different penalties depending on vessel size (35 GT & below: P10,000.00; above 35 GT: P25,000.00) escalating with violations and including suspension/revocation of SIRB/QDC or related documents. For shipowner/operator: 200% of the passage rate for the entire voyage multiplied by total excess passengers on 1st violation, with suspension of ship as CPC/CPC/PA/SP on 2nd and revocation of ship as CPC/PA/SP on 3rd.