Uniform and Modified Rates for Pilotage Services Rendered to Foreign and Coastwise Vessels

February 3, 1986

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1088

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; acd

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:

SECTION 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 $ Equivalent or Its Peso
	For Foreign Vessels
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	247.00
20,000GT	to	30,000GT	300.00
30,000GT	to	40,000GT	416.67
40,000GT	to	60,000GT	483.33
60,000GT	to	80,000GT	550.00
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. acd

For Coastwise Vessels:	Regular
100 and under 500 gross tons	P41.70
500 and under 600 gross tons	55.60
600 and under 1,000 gross tons	69.60
1,000 and under 3,000 gross tons	139.20
3,000 and under 5,000 gross tons	300.00
5,000 and over gross tons

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

SECTION 3. All orders, letters of instruction, rules, regulations and other issuances inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. asia dc

SECTION 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.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 82 No. 6 page 904 on February 10, 1986.