AMENDMENT TO PARAGRAPH 4.1.1 OF PPA MC NO. 19-96 DATED 30 APRIL 1996 ENTITLED “REVISED GUIDELINES AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN THE PORT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER

National Administrative Register [ PPA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 42-2000, August 29, 2000 ]



In order to ensure the safety of barges, watercrafts, vessels and
prevent damage to port facilities at South Harbor, Section 4.1.1 is
hereby amended by adding the following paragraphs thereto, which read as
follows:

1.      Provided, however, that during the Southwest Monsoon
seasons, from the month of June to September of the year, barges shall
be transferred, upon the hoisting of Typhoon Signal No. 1 from the
South, Harbor Breakwater Barge Pool to Pasig River at Government Berth
or Private Berth as the case may be;

2.      Provided, further, that when the Southwest Monsoon
intensifies, said barges shall also be thus transferred even before
Typhoon Signal No. 1;

3.      Consequently, the cargo handling operations on vessels at
the South Harbor Anchorages (IBW/OBW) shall be deemed suspended during
such operational adversity.”

The other provisions of PPA MC No. 19-96 shall apply accordingly.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 29 Aug. 2000

(SGD.) JUAN O. PEÑA
General Manager