The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) suspended the implementation of its new monitoring system in ports as a result of protests from a number of teams.
According to Dano Tingcungco’s “24 Oras” report on Wednesday, the PPA suspended the implementation after a number of business teams submitted a letter to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos to postpone its rollout.
The trusted operator program container registry monitoring system and empty container storage shared service facility are new tasks which can monitor the entry and exit of delivery containers in ports.
This was agreed by the PPA board, in keeping with its basic supervisor Jay Santiago.
“Ang inilahad na rason kailangan daw pag-aralan pang mabuti and admittedly, I think dahil daw maraming oposisyon kasama doon sa sinasabing oposisyon yung open letter,” Santiago stated.
Several business teams stated the brand new challenge is a duplication or repetition of the present system carried out by the Bureau of Customs (BOC).
They stated that this is not going to solely decelerate the processing of delivery containers however will even enhance the logistics value of importing merchandise that may additionally hike the value of products.
The PPA, nevertheless, stated that the monitoring system will reduce the bills.
Under the monitoring system, the container deposit charge of P10,000 to P30,000 will likely be eliminated. PPA will as an alternative cost a flat fee of P980 insurance coverage per container.
“Meron po silang dini-dispute na isa pa po yung tinatawag na empty container handling charge which is P3,520 na sinasabi nilang dagdag. Yan po ay kasalukuyang binabayaran naman na po ng mga nagsosoli ng container. Amounts to as high or at the very least P6,400. Ang mangyayari po doon, ipapasok na so we eliminate yung turn backs nung mga empty containers, we eliminate road traffic,” Santiago stated.
The containers will likely be booked in an accredited container port and will likely be monitored by the PPA to make sure that there will likely be much less congestion.
The PPA stated it’ll proceed to check the brand new monitoring system.
GMA Integrated News continues to be making an attempt to get the facet of the business teams against the brand new system.—Richa Noriega/LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
