Grace Poe wants PPA’s TOP-CRMS scrapped

Senator Grace Poe on Sunday referred to as for the elimination of the Philippine Ports Authority’s (PPA’s) Trusted Operator Program-Container Registry and Monitoring System (TOP-CRMS), which she stated would solely create redundancy in procedures.

In a press release, Poe stated discussions within the Senate had discovered that the PPA’s new system was pointless because it solely added a layer of paperwork, with transport strains already having their system.

“The issue of port congestion, which PPA used to justify the policy, is apparently non-existent. Even PPA, as claimed by ARTA, admitted that there is no congestion in PPA-regulated ports,” she stated.

She was referring to the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), which green-lit the TOP-CRMS in March after a evaluation of its implementing working tips.

“As the Senate Committee on Public Services found, the TOP-CRMS will not solve the logistics problem it seeks to address, but only create redundancy in procedures and entails additional costs to port users,” Poe stated.

GMA News Online had reached out to the PPA for touch upon the matter, however no response has been obtained as of this posting.

In a press release launched in January, PPA General Manager Jay Santiago stated the TOP-CRMS will convey “huge benefit” in opposition to excessive unregulated prices in logistics prices, container deposits, and lacking empty containers.

The PPA stated below the system, importers must pay a container deposit insurance coverage and monitoring payment of P980, and an empty container dealing with service payment of P3,408 in contrast with virtually P30,000 container deposit within the current system. — DVM, GMA Integrated News