REPRESS
RECEIVED

DATE: _30 vy S915

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV!
Quezon City

BYs:

RECSTMTON UNIT

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS BILLS AND (NDEX SERVICE

First Regular Session

House sittno, 150

ntroduced by: REP. RAUL V. DEL MAR

EXPLANATORY NOTE

rt has been designated as
{major ports for international container trade) in
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), “The

Strategic Development of the National Port Sy:
Philippines,” PPOSS (Philippine Port System Strategy)

x major national gateway ports
udy report made by the Japar
dy on the Master Plan for the
stem in the Republic of the

e

The Cebu Port is also identified by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN
and East Asia (ERIA) as the major port of the Philippines that needs to be developed
urgently in its report “The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan”,

The increasing international cargo volume from/to Kaohsiung, Pusan, Hong
Kong and Singapore, among others, caused by the congestion at the CIP and the
shallow water depth of the existing CIP berths has raised issues on the efficiency of
cargo handling and the safety of port operations. Therefore, there is an urgent need
to develop an additional international container terminal, with its concomitant deep-
draft berths, back-up areas, vessel traffic system (VTS), storage lighting towers
(system), gantry (shore and yard) cranes, fire fighting equipment, various amenities
and other related appurtenances.

In this light, approval of the proposed measure is earnestly requested.

RAUL V. DEL MA



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House sittno,___150

Introduced by: REP. RAUL V. DEL MAR

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION BY THE CEBU PORT
AUTHORITY OF AN ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL, WITH ITS
CONCOMITANT DEEP-DRAFT BERTHS, BACK-UP AREAS, VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM
(VTS), STORAGE LIGHTING TOWERS (SYSTEM), GANTRY (SHORE AND YARD) CRANES,
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPIMENT, VARIOUS AMENITIES AND OTHER RELATED
APPURTENANCES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

Be it enacted by Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. There shall be established and constructed, under the supervision
of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), by the Cebu Port
Authority (CPA), of an additional Cebu International Container Terminal, with its
concomitant deep-draft berths, back-up areas, Vessel Traffic System (VTS), storage
lighting towers (system), gantry (shore and yard) cranes, fire fighting equipment,
various amenities and other related appurtenances.

SEC. 2. The DOTC, in coordination with the CPA, shall finance and conduct the
Feasibility Studies and the formulation of the Detailed Engineering Designs,

Standards and Specifications of the proposed international container terminal as well


x

as the concomitant deep-draft berths, back-up areas, vessel traffic system, storage
lighting towers, gantry cranes, firefighting equipment and other appurtenances as
maybe necessary for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 3. The Secretary of Transportation and Communications shall include in
the Department’s program the funding requirements for the procurement and
construction of the said additional international container terminal, its facilities,
amenities, equipment and other related appurtenances in an amount deemed
appropriate for its operationalization and maintenance.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two
(2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.