Covered facility and purpose
- The resolution concerns the General Santos Fish Port Complex (GSFPC) located at General Santos City.
- The PFDA operates, manages, and administers the GSFPC upon its completion and transfer from the Project Management Office-Fishing Ports (PMO).
- The PFDA Executive Committee’s action adopts rates to support efficient handling, processing, and distribution of fish and other marine products.
Basis for rate-setting
- The resolution recognizes that the GSFPC presented a schedule of rates and fees used to charge port users and clients since 31 March 1998.
- The resolution recognizes that the rates and fees were discussed with the private sector through a series of public hearings since the GSFPC started operations in March 1998.
- The resolution records that the Acting General Manager issued a favorable endorsement of proposed rates, fees, and charges based on an Operations Management Department recommendation dated 14 December 1998.
Approved rates, fees, and charges
- The resolution approves and confirms the proposed rates, fees, and charges for the GSFPC.
- The approved rates, fees, and charges are those contained in a memorandum from GSFPC management dated 20 November 1998.
- The resolution adopts fees and charges for the GSFPC Harbor, Market, Refrigeration, and other facilities.
- The resolution characterizes the adoption as reasonable and fair by comparison with fees and charges used in other fish port complexes.
Explicit exclusion for transshipment
- The resolution approves the proposed rates, fees, and charges except those related to transshipment activities.
- The resolution requires further studies for fees related to transshipment activities before approval within the scope of this resolution.