EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1088 February 3, 1986

PROVIDING FOR UNIFORM AND MODIFIED RATES FOR PILOTAGE SERVICES RENDERED TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE VESSELS IN ALL PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PHILIPPINE PORTS

WHEREAS, the United Harbor Pilots' Association of the Philippines has clamored for the rationalization of pilotage service charges, through the imposition of uniform and adjusted rates for foreign and coastwise vessels in all Philippine ports, whether public or private;

WHEREAS, the plea of the Association has been echoed by a great number of Members of Parliament and other persons and groups;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and by law, do hereby direct and order:

Sec. 1. The following shall be the rate of pilotage fees or charges based on tonnage for services rendered to both foreign and coastwise vessels;

Rate in US $

For Foreign Vessels

or Its Peso

Equivalent

Less than

500GT

$30.00

500GT

to

2,500GT

43.33

2,500GT

to

5,000GT

71.33

5,500GT

to

10,000GT

133.67

10,000GT

to

15,000GT

181.67

15,000GT

to

20,000GT

247

20,000GT

to

30,000GT

300

30,000GT

to

40,000GT

416.67

40,000GT

to

60,000GT

483.33

60,000GT

to

80,000GT

550

80,000GT

to

100,000GT

616.67

100,000GT

to

120,000GT

666.67

120,000GT

to

130,000GT

716.67

130,000GT

to

140,000GT

766.67

Over 140,000 gross tonnage $0.05 or its peso equivalent every excess tonnage. Rate for docking and undocking anchorage, conduction and shifting and other related special services is equal to 100%. Pilotage services shall be compulsory in government and private wharves or piers.

For Coastwise Vessels:

Regular

100 and under 500 gross tons

P 41.70

500 and under 600 gross tons

55.6

600 and under 1,100 gross tons

69.6

1,000 and under 3,000 gross tons

139

3,000 and under 5,000 gross tons

300

5,000 and over gross tons

Sec. 2. With respect to foreign vessels, payment of pilotage services shall be made in dollars or in pesos at the prevailing exchange rate.

Sec. 3. All dollars, letters of instruction, rules, regulations and other issuances inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.


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