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;  

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 $
For Foreign Vessels or Its Peso
Equivalent

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

For Coastwise Vessels: Regular

  100 and under   500 gross tons P41.70
  500 and under   600 gross tons  55.60
  600 and under  1,100 gross tons  69.60
1,000 and under 3,000 gross tons 139.00
3,000 and under 5,000 gross tons 300.00
5,000 and over gross tons

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

Sec. 3. All dollars, letters of instruction, rules, regulations and other issuances inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 

Sec. 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.
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