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PPA
starts charging on VTMS fee
The Philippine Ports Authority’s Port Management Office of Batangas
last Friday started charging vessels plying Batangas bay, Maricaban
straight and Balayan bay fees for the vessel traffic monitoring system (VTMS)
project. The VTMS enhance the vessel safety upon arrival and departing
at the port and at the same time generate revenues to the PMO. The PPA
will be charging P250 for vessels up to 1,000 gross tons, P500 for ships
up to 10,000 gross tons, and P1, 000 for over 10,000 gross tons. PPA
will charge P150 a day for those tugs, outriggers, motorized bancas, and
wooden hulls operating in Puerto Galera routes and in nearby areas.
Fastcrafts, such as Aboitiz’s Supercat, will also be charged between
P150 to P300 a day. |
