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lETfiplCTAP MICT Field Office, ICTSI Eompound, Manila Internationat
Coniainer Terminal
South AcaF$$ R+ad, North Harbor, ManilsTel. No.: 245-8?47 Fax
No,: Z4E-S14t Mobile No,: 0S178418g4?Email:
[email protected] ; ctapsecZ0l 3@yshoo,conr,ph
September 09, 2014
$HC, JOSE REhiE ATMENDRASCabinet Cluster on Port
CongestionOffice of the FresidentMalacannilB, Manila,
Philippinen
Dear Secretary Alrnendras,
We the Directors of the Confederation of Truckers Associationof
the Philippines (CTAP) on behalf of our members would like
toirrrplore the help and assistance of your good of1ice in
connectionwith the perennial port congettion problem at South
Harbor ManilaPort prenri+es. Verily, the aforenrentioned problem
hampered theaustainable mobility of containef cargoes to the
prejudice of ournational economy. Worst, the City of Manila
implernented a day timetruck ban under Ordinance Ncl. 8336 that add
rnore burdened andwtlr.'iened the Port congestion because it limits
the time of truckoperators to pull ottt corrtainers frorn the port,
Consequently, clamorfor ggyernment intervention by all sectois
d.irectly affected by theport congestion and Manila truck ban wf,s
very strong and evident,hence, a 24 Hours Expresu Trade Lane was
granied to truck operator$,
Urrfortunately, as c$mffionly obuerved despite the grant of
the2+ Hour Expresn Trade Lane the probrem with regard to
portcongestion and moving out and entry of containers f** the
portpremises renrain constant. Thus, the $ector being directly
affectej bythis problem. we coflducted qur own investigation and
consultationto our-respective Hlernbers to properly determined the
root cause ofthe problern - Resultantly, based rrn our
investigatipn andconnultatiory we determined that the cau-qe of
tlus perennial problernof port congestion is the inefficient and
ineffective pr:rt managernentoperations most particularly with the
Asian Terminsl lncoritratecl(ATI)' Its already our problem decade
ago hefore the implementati*n
P H HI F H H S /" -D-tR HSTHF-S
GEN EDGAR B AGLIFAY PNF {ret,)Chairrnan Enreritus
cOL R0D0LF0 T DE OCAMFO (ret,)Chairman
RUPERTO $. BAYOCOTFresident
EDGARDO V OLEGOVice"President for lntornal Affairs
fuIARIO O YAPVice.President for External Affairs
JAY MARION D. ERCIATtea$urer
VIRG|LIO l\4. JAMEROAuditor
EDITHAA. MACA$IRAY$ecretary
EDUARDO K, DAVIDAssl, $ecretary
JESUSITO Y CORTEZFR,O
ptH.E_,cJp"Fs
PEPITO F. DINONILO A, MRTITRnI
ALBERTO H $UANSINGMARIA B ZAPATA
AFFILIATE MEMBEH$:(jagayan Aggngetes And River Gravel
Haulers Asrociation lnc (CARGHA)Cebu Truqker+ Association lnc,
(CTAI)
Leyle Truclters Association (LTA)Negros Consolidatpd
Truckers
Asrociation (C0NTRA)Suhic 8ay Hsulerq Associstior
Truclters Assoc jalion of Drvro to_
Accaterale 0evelopment {TADTAD)PAST FRESIDHHTS
RAMON V MARZAN1985.1 990
ALBERTO H, SUANSINGtgg0.1 gg2
TEODORO R. MALONZO1992.1s94
IOSE Y CORIEZ19$4-?002
COL R0D0LF0 T DE OCAMFO {rer.)2002.20c8
of ordinence 8336, that there is a long queing of trucka going
to SouthHarbor (ATI) and while the truckq are innide, it will take
4 * E hoursuf waiting, Iike unloading of ernpty container and
loading +f impurtcontainers to our trucks (double transaction).
In connection thereto, we would like to invite the attention
ofyour good office with regard to actual operations and situation.$
atAtiian Terminal Incorporated (ATI) and the problem faced by
ourmember truck operators therein, to wit;
1' The ATI has no snfficient equipment that woulclcommerl^surate
to the dernands of their daily port operations. Thus, tosolve this
problern, the ATI shall be required to pwchase thenecessary
additional equiprnent in order to fully utiliae their
dailyoperation to the berrefits of all concemred.
2. The port management systern adopted and implernented bythe
ATI was higFrly vulnerable to corruption wherein our mombertruck
operetors are rnade to wait and 4uf for 4 tp I hours due to
thealleged non-availability of slots as advised by the
checker/ernployeeof Shipping Lirtes. However, it i+ a common
knowledg* tfrat if amonetary consideraHon be given that rantes from
300 to 800 pesosper slot would imrnediately be available. To
rernerty this problem, theemPty slot available to att stripping
line must be publish on a bulletinboard oPen to truckers/drivers
and not being controlled by thechecker:/employee of the shipping
lirres,
The help and asaistance that your good office can extend to
theConfederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines
regardingthis rnatter is highly appreciated.
Tharrlq you and hoping tor your favorable and immediateaction on
tirls matter. We retnain
