Scope
- The guidelines apply to all piers located at South Harbor, including Muelle de San Francisco Street.
Purpose
- Establish load limits for both reconstructed and unrepaired piers.
- Protect pier decks from damage and premature deterioration caused by overloading.
- Ensure the safe and efficient use of piers for cargo movement.
Definition of Terms
- Load Limit: Maximum imposed load on pier decks; 500 psf (2.44 tsm) for rehabilitated piers and 200 psf (0.98 tsm) for unrehabilitated piers.
- Heavy Lift: Any cargo exceeding 30 tons.
- Low-bed Trailer: Multi-tyred transport vehicle used for carrying heavy lifts.
- Floating Crane Barge: Watercraft with mounted derrick for handling heavy cargo.
- Working Apron: 15-meter wide zone on pier edge for vessel loading/unloading.
- Open Storage Area: Any pier space excluding the working apron.
- Authority: Refers to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).
Guidelines for Working Apron
- Use strictly for loading/unloading operations.
- Temporary single-stack container placement permitted using ship gear or traveling rail cranes.
- Heavy equipment over 25 tons prohibited from entering for container stacking.
- Discharge of logs allowed only with protective steel plates or log layers to prevent damage.
- Area must be cleared of containers, cargo, chassis, and equipment immediately after operations.
Guidelines for Open Storage Areas at Finger Piers
- Empty containers can be stacked up to 3-high on Piers 3, 5, 9, and 15.
- Loaded containers are prohibited from stacking at these piers.
- In backreach zones of traveling rail cranes, stacking only 2-high allowed, never under crane spreaders.
- No stacking of loaded or empty containers at Pier 13 open storage.
- General cargo storage limited to load limits: 500 psf at Piers 5, 9, 15; 200 psf at unrehabilitated Piers 3 and 13.
- Storage of bulk cargo, steel, lumber, and logs must be temporary and comply with load limits.
- Stacking height and conditions specified further in Annexes A and B.
Guidelines for Muelle de San Francisco Street
- Stacking of containers and cargo will be prohibited after the full operation of CY-01, unless authorized in writing by the Authority.
Handling of Heavy Lift Cargo
- Generally prohibited if over 30 tons.
- Allowed if transported using a multi-tyred low-bed trailer to evenly distribute weight and stay within load limits, with prior Authority approval.
- Trailer must move to solid ground immediately after discharge.
- If heavy lift cannot be handled at pier even with trailer, discharge shipside onto proper transport.
- If ship's derrick is insufficient, a floating crane must be used, adhering to load limitations and previous conditions.
Penalties
- Violations constitute administrative offenses punishable under Section 43 of P.D. 857, as amended.
- Offenders responsible for damages to facilities must pay for repair costs.
Final Provisions
- Any conflicting PPA issuances are repealed or amended.
- The Order takes effect 15 days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.