Requested from CPA by L. Baldevarona at 05:51 PM on
Oct 02, 2017.
Purpose: for Research and Development
Date of Coverage: 10/02/1950 - 10/02/2017
Tracking no: #CPA-141107283742
Baldevarona 05:51 PM, Oct 02, 2017
Good day,
We would like to request from your good office the following questions:
1. The total number of registered seaports in the country.
2. The capacities and dimensions of seaports. (Total land area and how many ships it can handle)
3. Do we have standard size or minimum size for the port facilities?
4. Contact Details of the Port Facilities and corresponding authorities.
Your cooperation regarding this matter is deeply appreciated.
Thank you.
Best regards,
LUDY BERNARD D. BALDEVARONA
Research and Development Director
National Maritime Safety and Security Agency, NAMSSA
Jumapao 03:40 PM, Oct 04, 2017
October 4, 2017
Dear Ludy Bernard,
Thank you for your request dated Oct 02, 2017 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Total Number of Port Facilities in the Philippines.
We received your request on Oct 02, 2017 and will respond on or before Oct 23, 2017 05:51:05 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.
Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEENQQS0xNDExMDcyODM3NDIM, for request with ticket number #CPA-141107283742.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Perlita Jumapao
FOI Officer
Baldevarona 05:32 PM, Oct 04, 2017
Well-received,
Thank you very much!
please update us as soon as possible.
LUDY BERNARD D. BALDEVARONA
Research and Development Director
National Maritime Safety and Security Agency, NAMSSA
Uckung 09:23 AM, Oct 06, 2017
October 6, 2017
Dear Ludy Bernard Baldevarona,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Oct 02, 2017 05:51:05 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
You asked for the following:
1. The total number of registered seaports in the country.
2. The capacities and dimensions of seaports. (Total land area and how many ships it can handle)
3. Do we have standard size or minimum size for the port facilities?
4. Contact Details of the Port Facilities and corresponding authorities.You asked for Total Number of Port Facilities in the Philippines.
Please be informed that the territorial jurisdiction of the Cebu Port Authority is only within the cities and province of Cebu. All other ports are under the Philippine Ports Authority and other port authorities, like SBMA and Phividec.
As regards, your query please visit our website cpa.gov.ph or you may directly email our statistics at statistics@cpa.gov.ph.
However, regarding your query on the standard dimensions of seaports and how many ships it can handle, under the CPA General Port Rules and Regulations (Administrative Order No. 01-2000, Article IX (Construction, Development, and Operation of Private Ports/Terminals), it is provided that "applications for private commercial ports shall have a minimum investment of at least one concrete berth with a minimum length of 65 meters and a draft of at least five (5) meters at mean lower low water (mllw)" (par. h, Section 1).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Atty. Yusop Uckung
FOI Receiving Officer
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