By: PORT USERS CONFEDERATION, INC

PRESENTATION ON
SHIPPING LINES CHARGES
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CHARGES

Concerns Before After Action Required

1. Container Year 2001-2010 Present Practice Discontinue and
Deposit President Gloria Unilaterally and Removal of
(Ranging from Macapagal Arbitrarily Container Deposit.
$50-$850) Arroyo’s Term and imposed on all Case in point with
during the time of import containers, Asian neighbors
PPA General regardless of any like Hongkong,
Manager Julio outstanding Singapore,
Garcia payables to Bangladesh, China
Only Importer Shipping Lines and Myanmar
with outstanding indicate a “NO
payables with DEPOSIT
Shipping Lines are Practice”
imposed Container
Deposit
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Concerns Before After Action Required

2. Emergency Before the Port February 2015, Discontinue and
Cost Recovery Congestion in PPA issued a Removal of
Fee (ECRF) 2014, this ECRF declaration the these charges
(Ranging from is non existent Port Congestion immediately
$300-$450/40 foot have been
container) addressed and
no longer a
problem.
However, some
Shipping Lines
and their local
agents continue
to charge these
fees.
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Concerns Before After Action Required
3. Terminal These THC are In the Discontinue and
Handling Charge currently imposed Philippines, these Removal of these
(THC) (Ranging by the Asian charges continue charges
from $168- neighbors to be imposed immediately
$200/Container) (Malaysia, despite the fact
Singapore, that the
Indonesia and respective
Thailand). Shipping Lines /
However, to our Agents DOES
knowledge the NOT OWN NOR
respective OPERATE ANY
Shipping Lines TERMINALS.
that charge these The practice is
have their own that PPA
respective accredited Port
terminals in the Operators (ICTSI
countries & ATI) are
mentioned above. already
performing this
terminal handling
service.
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Concerns Before After Action

Required
4. Import Non existent These IIF Discontinue and
Imbalance Fees during the term of Charges came Removal of these
(IIF) President Gloria about up to the charges
(Ranging from Macapagal present day. immediately
$640-$850/40 foot Arroyo. (1991- Please note
container) 2000) Imports vs.
Exports ratio
2017 (Jan.-June)
59% vs. 41%
Source: Philippine
Statistics
Authority
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Concerns Before After Action
Required
5. Irrelevant and Arbitrary Charges Discontinue and
such as: Removal of these
Container Cleaning Charges (Ranging charges due to
from $20-$50/container) non-legal basis
and Other Charges such as:
• BL Fee -$60-$100/40 foot container
• Documentation Fee -$50-$100/20
foot container
• Destination Fee -$50/container
terminal - $120-$150/container
• Turn Over Fee – P900/40 foot
container
• Handling Fee – P500/40 foot
container (Ocean Freight) – $26/20
foot container
• Chargeable Weight / Freight Cost –
P1,200/20 foot container
• Surcharge - $900/40 foot container
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